Albert Roze Explained
| Albert Roze |
| Birth Name: | Albert Dominique Roze[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1861 |
| Birth Place: | France |
| Resting Place: | Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Known For: | Sculpture |
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| Awards: | Gold medal at the 1897 Salon of French Artists. |
Albert Dominique Roze (1861–1952)[2] was a 19th-century sculptor from Amiens, France. He was a prolific sculptor creating many notable works displayed in public spaces in France.
Career
One of his more important sculptures was entitled The Golden Virgin; it was destroyed in 1915 during World War I. The sculpture was placed on top of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières.[3] After World War I the statue was never recovered.[4]
The sculpture of the Golden Virgin was recast and fitted atop the 76-meter bell tower in 1929,[5] during the reconstruction of the Basilica 1927–1931.
Designs
Selected sculptures from Albert Rozen| Name | Image | Year | Address | Notes/Refs. |
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| | | 1907 | 480, Rue St. Maurice Amiens, 80080 France | [6] |
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| Monument aux morts de Corbie | | | 1907 | rue, Victor-Hugo, rue Jean-et-Marcelin-Truquin | [7] |
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| The Golden Virgin Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières | | | 1897 | 20 Rue Anicet Godin, 80300 Albert, France | [8] |
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Awards
- Gold medal at the 1897 Salon of French Artists.[9]
- A street in the city center of Amiens bears his name. (Rue Albert Roze Amiens France)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Amiens : naissances5MI_D194 Archives de la Somme . archives.somme France . Archives de la Somme . 13 October 2021.
- http://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/a0112614132113Ow43T/1/243 Albert Roze – Mémoires de la Somme – Archives online – General Council of the Somme
- Book: Walsh . Michael . Brothers in War . 30 September 2011 . Ebury Publishing . London, United Kingdom . 9781446446157 . 177 . 13 October 2021.
- Book: Holt . Tonie . Holt . Valmai . Somme 100th Anniversary . 2016 . Pen & Sword Books . Yorkshire, England . 9781473866744 . 368 . 13 October 2021.
- News: Daubs . Katie . 'When the Virgin falls, the war will end' . 13 October 2021 . Toronto Star . 15 October 2018.
- News: Monument to Jules Verne . 12 October 2021 . South Haven Daily Tribune . 5 January 1907.
- Web site: Monument aux morts de Corbie . inventaire . Hauts-de-France . 12 October 2021.
- News: David . Samantha . €180million facelift for WW1 bombarded French basilica . 12 October 2021 . Connexion . English Language Media . 2 March 2021.
- Roze de Picardie, Albert Roze sculpteur 1861–1952, DVD réalisé par Véronique Parré, d'après les interviews d'Albert Roze par André Sprecher, journaliste au Courrier picard, 2009.
