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Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

(Tarbes 1851 - Paris 1929)
French soldier, military theorist, and writer, served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in 1918
(Wikipedia)

Robert Wlérick & Raymond Martin
1951

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

FOCH
1851-1929

marechal
de
france
de
grande
bretagne
et de
pologne

Annotation

The statue was commission in 1938 to Wlérick and Martin, but because Wlérick died in 1944 finished by Martin. The socle is designed by the architects Carlu, Boileau et Azéma.

Sculptors

Raymond Martin (Paris 1910 - Paris 1992), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Robert Wlérick (Mont-de-Marsan 1882 - Paris 1944), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Phidias-Sculptures de rue, Les statues de rue de Paris.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 48°51'46" - E 2°17'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif015; Photograph: 25 May 2011
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