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Paul Chevré
Paul Chevré (5 July 1866–20 February 1914) was a French, Brussels-born sculptor who gained fame in Montreal, Montréal after creating the Samuel de Champlain monument. He is the son of another sculptor, Romain Paul Chevré. Samuel de Champlain was the founder of Quebec, Québec, and the committee that selected the sculptor of his monument began its work on 2 January 1896 under the leadership of the politician Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, and it comprised artists like Napoléon Bourassa and François-Xavier Berlinguet. The decision to have Paul Chevré create the monument was controversial, as the regionally famed, native sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert, Philippe Hébert was not selected, despite proposing a very similar style. In 1900, he was awarded with a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), Paris International Exhibition. His bronze public art work, ''Marianne (La République)'' (1913) is located in front of the Union Française building of Montréal. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels
Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalities, 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country. It is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, and is separate from the Flemish Region (Flanders), within which it forms an enclave, and the Walloon Region (Wallonia), located less than to the south. Brussels grew from a small rural settlement on the river Senne (river), Senne to become an important city-region in Europe. Since the end of the Second World War, it has been a major centre for international politics and home to numerous international organisations, politicians, Diplomacy, diplomats and civil servants. Brussels is the ''de facto' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
