23 September 2021

François Pompon in Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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The polar bear by François Pompon in Le Jardin Darcy, Dijon, is a plastic copy of the original sculpted in 1922, and has been there since 19...

François Pompon in Saulieu (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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François Pompon (1855-1933) was a noted sculptor born in Saulieu who died in Paris. He is noted for his animal figures, particularly for the...
22 September 2021

Antoinette Quarré, Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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Antoinette Quarré (not Carré as some have written) was a seamstress in Dijon and also a poet whom Lamartine praised but Flora Tristan hated....

Flora Tristan, Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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Flora Tristan (1803-1844), as this Allée named after her says, was a writer, a feminist and a, er, revolutionary. She has her eccentricitie...

Angélique du Coudray, Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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In Dijon I was surprised to find a street named after a midwife, although this was in the hospital area near Saint-Apollinaire: Angélique du...
21 September 2021

La Chouette, Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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I won't go very far into this as it involves the 'T' word (one of my most hated: Tourism), although this is worthy of mention an...

Dominique Labauvie, Dijon (21), La Côte-d'Or (21)

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We missed a number of things on our first visit to Dijon, in our crazy rush to get photos of the glyptodon highlighted in Éric Chevillard...
19 September 2021

Bernard Giroux, Rully (71), Saône-et-Loire (71)

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Bernard Giroux (1950-1987) was a sports journalist noted for his Tour de France and his Grand Prix commentaries. He died just off the Isle o...

Ernest Pinard, Rully (71), Saône-et-Loire (71)

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Ernest Pinard (1822-1909) was born in Autun (Saône-et-Loire) and died in Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain). He has gone down in history as seeking the i...
18 September 2021

L'Art et le vélo au temps du Covid, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire (71)

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In the time of the first Covid confinement, what is there to do? One thing is turn to art, so Régis Noly painted an abandoned bicycle. And a...
16 September 2021

Marcel Yerly in Clairvaux-les-lacs, Jura (39)

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Between 1945 and 1995 Marcel Yerly (1915-2000) made by hand about one hundred models in wood, between fifty and three metres in height or le...

Adeline Dieudonné: La Vraie Vie | Real Life (2018)

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What to do on a wet day in France? Read a book found in a boîte à lire is one possibility, and I've been meaning to read Adeline Dieudo...
14 September 2021

Boîte à lire in Chasselay (69), Rhône (69)

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An original and well-filled example of a boîte à lire in Chasselay, and I left with a copy of Adeline Dieudonné's La Vraie Vie (2018),...

Le Tata sénégalais in Chasselay (69), Rhône (69)

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Le Tata sénégalais just outside Chasselay, specifically at Vide-sac, is a cemetery containing the remains of 188 Senegalese infantrymen, si...
13 September 2021

Auguste Buchot in Louhans Châteaurenard (01), Ain (01)

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Auguste Buchot (1851-83) is perhaps best known for his poetry books Les Ruines de Faucigny (1878) and Le Miroir indiscret (1879), althoug...
11 September 2021

Anne Silvestre in Saint-Eusèbe (71), Saône-et-Loire (71)

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Anne Sylvestre (1934-2020), or Anne-Marie Beugras, was a French singer/songwriter who was born in Lyon and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She wa...