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Funchal
(Fr. de Santa Maria Maior)
Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Praça de Tenerife

Monumento à Florista

Monument to the Flower Woman

Pedro dos Anjos Teixeira
1981

Description

Bronze statue of a woman with some flowers in her hand and a basket at her feet. Tribute to the 20th century women, who made flowers as one of the international images of the Madeira Islands.

Signature

1980 Anjos Teixeira

Annotation

Inaugurated 21 August 1981.

Sculptor

Pedro Augusto Franco dos Anjos Teixeira (filho) [son] (Paris 1908 - Sintra 1997), Portuguese sculptor, son of Artur Gaspar dos Anjos Teixeira (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°39'2" - W 16°54'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma014; Photograph: 6 January 2014
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