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Freud et le banc divanFreud and his couchSigmund Freud(Freiberg [Příbor] 1856 - London 1939) Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis (Wikipedia) |
Georges Faure
Fonderie Lixon et Lattuada (Neuville sur Saône) 2000 |
Statue of Sigmund Freud, cast in aluminium, sitting next to his couch, in a bus shelter. The statue is painted red, orange and brown.
La Fresque du Demi Millénaire, Deuxième Partie / The Fresco of the Half Millennium, Part Two
The statue of Freud is one of the five parts of the second part of the Fresco of the Half Millennium, a 600 m long art ensemble along the wall of the Saint John of God Hospital (Hôpital St. Jean de Dieu), realised in 1998 and 2000. This 'Fresco' commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint John of God (1495-1550), founder of the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God.
The first part, 1998, is a series of frescos to the right of the entrance of the hospital, the second part, inaugurated 2000, is to the left of the entrance and consists of the following five parts (see also the information sign):
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Map of the world in Mercator projection, showing the Portuguese voyages of discovery of the late 15th and 16th centuries, executied in azulejos.
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The bus shelter with the statue of Freud and his couch, and a bamboo border
The coats of arms of Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, birth-place of Saint Jean de Deu (St. John of God) (see his statue in Montemor-o-Novo); Granada, the town where in 1539 the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God was founded; and Lyon, where in 1824 the Saint John of God Hospital was founded.
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A series of large fresco's showing the city of Lyon.
LA FRESQUE DU DEMI MILLENAIRE
A l'initiative et sous la coordination de l'Association du Demi Millénaire (Dr Mohammed ATTIA, Président-Fondateur, Mme Josée PIZZO-GOLGO, Trésorière, Dr Alain ROUGIER, Inauguration de la deuxième partie de La Fresque du Demi Millénaire le 31 Mars 2000 par M. Christian PHILIP, Premier Adjoint, reprLa Fresque du Demi Millénairesentant M. Raymond BARRE, |
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