Evangeline - St. Martinville, LA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Statue in great condition, and was very easy to locate and a great place to visit. Statue was donated to St. Martinville by actress Delores Del Rio after she filmed a movie in the area. She was also the model for the sculpture. The entire St. Martinville area is full of fact and legend about "Evangeline". It is a fictious poem, however it has been adopted by the Cajun culture. Many deported Acadians arrived in the St. Martinville area after the 1765 exile from Canada. It is a great place to visit, also featuring the Acadian Museum just a short walk away.

Dedication plaque state
Evangeline Monument
Evangeline, the prototype of the Acadian maiden was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem of the same name. The monument was doinated by Delores Del Rio after she starred in the motion picture production of Evangeline which was filmed in the area in 1929. The statue was sculpted by Marcelle Rebecchini. Cast at the Daprato Studios in Chicago, Illinois and dedicated by Miss Del Rio in St. Martinville on April 19, 1931. Donated by the St. Martin De Tours Landscape Committee.

TITLE: Evangeline ARTIST(S): Marcel Rebecchini DATE: 1931 MEDIUM: Statue: bronze; Base: concrete CONTROL NUMBER: IAS LA000194 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 133 S. Main St. St. Martinville, LA USA 70582 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None in great condition

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