Roseline Granet Explained

Roseline Granet
Birth Date:	28 January 1936
Birth Place:	Paris^[1]
Nationality:	French

Roseline Granet (born 1936) is a French sculptor and painter.

Granet studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1954.

Public art

In 1987 Granet was commissioned by the city of Paris to produce a statue of the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, which was placed permanently in the courtyard of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.^{[2] [3]}

In 2005, she created a bust of the poet Émile Nelligan, now permanently installed in the Saint-Louis Square, Montréal.^[4] Her bronze sculpture of Quebec painter Jean Paul Riopelle, titled Le Grand Jean-Paul, is installed in Place Jean-Paul Riopelle in Montreal.^[5]

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,^[6] the City of Montreal public art collection^[7] and the Mauermuseum, Berlin.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1ère [i.e. Première] triennale européenne de sculpture: jardins du Palais royal, Paris, mai-juin 1978]. 16 May 1978. Susse Fondeur. Google Books.
2. Book: Contemporary French Cultural Studies. William. Kidd. Sian. Reynolds. 1 May 2014. Routledge. 9781444165562. Google Books.
3. Book: Michalski, Sergiusz. Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage 1870–1997. 16 December 1998. Reaktion Books. 9781861890252. Google Books.
4. Web site: Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal. Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
5. Web site: Le grand Jean-Paul. Bureau d'Art Public – Ville de Montréal.
6. Web site: Granet, Roseline.
7. Web site: Roseline Granet.
8. Web site: Collection.