Chemin des Sculptures
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Orphée

  • Artist : Gustave PIMIENTA
  • Creation date : 1973
  • Materials : Bronze with brown and green patina
  • Collection : NMNM
With the support of Aristide Maillol and Joseph Hackin, both close friends of Pimienta, the Director of the Administration of Fine Arts, Georges Huisman, commissioned the artist to produce a statue depicting Orpheus in 1936. Created around 1938 in wax, Pimienta’s sculpture portrays Orpheus, son of t...