Jeunesse - Paris, France
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The marble high relief block sculpture "Jeunesse" (Youth) is located on the south east part of the Trocadero Gardens in front of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.
Waymark Code: WMH084
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 05/01/2013
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The decorative high relief group sculpture entitled "Jeunesse" (Youth) was created by Pierre-Marie Poisson and installed at the Trocadero Gardens in 1937. It is the companion piece to the "La Joie de Vivre" by Léon-Ernest Drivier on the opposite side of the Trocadero fountain pool.
A large rectangular marble block about 8' long by 3' wide by 6' high is carved with 11 nude human and two animal figures, covering on all four sides. Animals include a ram and a dog. A man appears on each long side, a child and six women round out the composition. All are young and appear to be in vibrant health. The figures are engaged in a variety of everyday activities including exercising, tending animals, harvesting fruit, transporting baskets, tending to a child.
Pierre-Marie Poisson was born in the French town of Niort in 1876 and died in Paris in 1953.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 07/01/1937
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
Jardin de Trocadero (Trocadero Garden)
Paris, Île-de-France France
Sculptors Name: Pierre-Marie Poisson
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