We will follow an itinerary starting at the west entrance of the garden situated on the place de la Concorde.It is only when you get very close that you realize that this is a bronze statue. This control is displayed by the well-trimmed alleys of trees, the strange baroque shape imposed on some plants of the parterres and the geometrical shapes of the pools.You can go to the other side of the Jeu de Paume (on the east) and go down the stairs.Mathieu got to experience all the sides of Paris: born in the island of Notre-Dame, he was a student in the Left Bank and is currently living in the Right Bank. Well, Paul Belmondo (1898-1982) felt the same.The biblical theme of this statue of 1892 is very common.
I called his work realist in the former paragraph, even though it can be said that these bodies are idealized. What is remarkable is the way Henri Vidal manages to render all the intensity of the moment.It is the only statue in epoxy in the garden. You will notice two ramps on the side. Atalante et Hippomène, deux statues faisant pendant commandées par Louis XIV pour le parc du château de Marly, œuvres respectives de Pierre Lepautre (1660-1744) et Guillaume Coustou père (1677-1746), datent de 1705. The branches are connected to several trees that have a significance in various mythologies: an ash, an oak, a yew, a poplar and an alder.After all these expressive or abstract statues, do you feel like going back to more realism for a while? C’est en 1964, vingt ans après la mort de Maillol, que ces sculptures, don de Dina Vierny à l’État français, seront installées aux Tuileries, à l’initiative d’André Malraux, alors ministre de la Culture. With its chairs around the pools, its bars and restaurants and its theme park in summer, it is the perfect place to relax after a long visit into the museum. This is where he became recognized.The kiss by Rodin. STATUES « ATALANTE ET HIPPOMENE » Ces deux statues se trouvent dans le Jardin des Tuileries, dans l’exèdre nord. Raymond Mason questions the anonymous crowd of today.On a work like this one, there is no “correct” interpretation to find.
statues en pierre au jardin des tuileries Deux groupes de chevaux maintenus par des hommes et des Dieux se trouvent à l'entrée du jardin des Tuileries commandées par Louis XIV à Coysevox pour l’entrée de l’abreuvoir de Marly, représentent la Renommée et Mercure chevauchant un cheval ailé Pégase.
Just after the crossing with the wide Castiglione Alley, you will see what seems to be the roots of a big uprooted tree.There is something disturbing in this group of characters. The production of some of the greatest sculptors are exhibited here: Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet among many others.You can get under the shades of the tree at the left of the garden. He is represented as an old, respectable man with the curly wig fashionable at his time.After, come to the other side of the Orangerie and take the little stairs on the left. It is called the octagon because it has eight sides. The version presented in the garden was installed in 1987.The natural organization of the space creates quite a contrast with the order of the French formal garden.Le Notre by Coysevox, sourced from WikipediaThe sculptor Jean Dubuffet had been exhibited for the first time in The Jeu de Paume museum. Next to the Jeu de Paume museum you will see a very colorful sculpture.Unlike the others, this art piece was commissioned for the Tuileries Garden by the Minister of Culture.He also got the idea to extend the perspective of the garden in the nearby forest. Take the alley leading to the small arch of triumph (l’Arc du Carousel) and look at the first one on your left: here is Caïn looking very miserable.The Reclining Figure by Moore. Your personal interpretation is the right one: what do you see?