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Comédie et Tragédie, Victor Hugo, Musset et Scribe

Comedy and Tragedy, Victor Hugo, Musset and Scribe

Louis-Auguste Roubaud le jeune & Étienne Pagny
1883

Lyon / Comédie et Tragédie, Victor Hugo, Musset et Scribe

Description

The Théatre des Célestins was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877. The façade shows two allegorical statues by Roubaud and three busts, sculpted by Pagny, with writers representing tragedy (Hugo), Comedy (Musset) and Vaudeville (Scribe).

Lyon - Comédie et Tragédie, Victor Hugo, Musset et Scribe
La Tragédie / Tragedy
La Comédie / Comedy

Lyon - Comédie et Tragédie, Victor Hugo, Musset et Scribe
V. HUGO
Victor Hugo
(Besançon 1802 - Paris 1885)
French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France
(Wikipedia).
MUSSET
Alfred de Musset-Pathay
(Paris 1810 - Paris 1857)
French dramatist, poet, and novelist (Wikipedia). Lyon - Comédie et Tragédie, Victor Hugo, Musset et Scribe
SCRIBE
Eugène Scribe
(Paris 1791 - Paris 1861)
French dramatist and librettist (Wikipedia).

Signature

(Muses) ROUBAUD Jeune lyon 1883

Sculptors

Étienne Pagny (Lyon 1829 - Lyon 1898), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Louis-Auguste Roubaud le jeune (Cerdon, Ain 1828 - Paris 1906), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bibliothèque municipale, Le Théatre des Célestins.
Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Sculptures.
Wikipedia, Théatre des Célestins.

Locatie (N 45°45'35" - E 4°49'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra331; Photograph: 18 August 2018
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