Mosaïques Auguste Labouret dans la Gare - Lens, France - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

[FR] Elles évoquent notamment la mine et le monde ferroviaire. La gare de Lens était particulièrement importante pour le transport du charbon extrait aux alentours.

Auguste Adolphe Labouret (20 mars 1871 à Laon – 13 février 1964 à Crozon), était un maître-verrier et mosaïste français.

En 1938 il est fait chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, et la même année il entreprend les mosaïques de la basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré au Canada, ce qu’il considère comme étant son chef-d’œuvre. Mais retenu au Canada pendant la guerre, c’est sa fille Claire qui prendra la direction de l’atelier de Paris.

[EN] Mining and the railways are the theme of the mosaics. The Lens train station was particularly important in the transport of coal extracted by nearby mines.

Auguste Adolphe Labouret (born March 20, 1871 in Laon – died February 13, 1964 in Crozon), was a French master glass and mosaic artisan.

In 1938, he was made knight of the Legion of Honor, and the same year he began the mosaics of the basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Canada, which he considered his masterpiece. But war kept him from returning and his daughter Claire took over the management of the Paris workshop.

Address: Place du Général de Gaulle, 62300 Lens Lens, France Related web site: [Web Link] Specific visit requirements: Not listed

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