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Descartes
Indre-et-Loire
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Jardin public René Boylesve

René de Buxeuil

Jean-Baptist Chevrier
Buxeuil 1881 - Paris 1959
French composer
(Wikipedia)

Aldo Bartelletty-Daillion
1961

Description

Marble bust.

Inscription(s)

rené
de BUXEUIL

chansonnier auteur
compositeur aveugle
buxeuil
1881
paris
1959

Signed: Bartelletty D^on / 1961

Annotation

Descartes is called the "town of the three René's" since there were three famous citizens named René. All three of them have a monument in the town:

René Descartes (1596-1650).
René Boylesve (1867-1926).
René de Buxeuil (1881-1959).

Jean-Baptist Chevrier chose the pseudonym René de Buxeuil in order "to be the third René after Descartes and Boylesve". His bust - unveiled 22 October 1967 - faces the town of Buxeuil on the opposite side of the river Creuse.

Artist

Aldo Bartelletty-Daillion (Seravezzo, Italy, 1898 - 1976), French sculptor.

Location (N 46°58'14" - E 0°41'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce037; Photograph: 30 August 2011
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