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Brizambourg,
Le Jardin Sculpte d'Albert Gabriel - Albert Gabriel
1904-
Garden environment
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Brizambourg, France
"Albert Gabriel always wanted to be a sculptor, but force of circumstance led him to earn his living as a manual worker; he was able to realise his ambition only on retirement in 1967. His sculpture garden, near Cognac, consists of hundreds of busts and full-length figures, constructed of coloured cement over metal frames; they represent many of the public and popular personalities of his time."
"French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Francois Mitterand and Valery Giscard d'Estaing are all present, as are entertainers Charlie Chaplin, Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel. His garden also displays angels, representatives of foreign peoples and a series of seductive bare-breasted dancing beauties."
Le Jardin Sculpte d'Albert Gabriel - 17760 Brizambourg, on D 129, France.
Text and images are from "Fantasy Worlds" by Deidi Von Schaewen and John Maizels
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Bibliography:
"Fantasy Worlds" by Deidi Von Schaewen and John Maizels, Taschen, New York, 1999.
"Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Environments" by Roger Manley and Mark Sloan, Aperture, New York, 1997. |
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