Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Division 97 - Memorial to the Colonel Fabien Brigade
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Division 94 - Larcade
One of my most favorite pieces of cemetery architecture is the door slightly ajar, opening for a new life or closing on the old one?
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Division 94 - Ozanian Antranik (1865-1927)
Antranik (or Andranik) was a leader of the Armenian liberation movement. During the Balkan Wars in 1912-1913, he fought for Bulgaria against Turkey. Then he returned to Armenia to organize the Armenian volunteer units to battle the Turkish regular army. After the fall of the Republic of Armenia, he immigrated to America, and died in Fresno, California, in 1927. His remains were taken to Paris in 1928, and finally brought to Armenia in 1999. Sculpture by Leon Mourdoff.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Division 93 - Marguerite Poccardi (1907-1920)
I have always found this a curious work.
A young girl, probably Marguerite herself, does not appear to be sad or grieving or otherwise in anguish but simply and mildly curious about the person standing in front of her grave. Curious for all eternity. . .
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Division 93 - Lagarde-Gueret
For me this sculpture is strikingly simple, and yet it's not really it's artistic aesthetics that appeal to me so much as how it is perfectly evocative of what actually transpires in this cemetery. . .
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Division 92 - Victor Noir (1848-1870)
Born Yvan Salmon, journalist Victor Noir was assassinated by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, grand-nephew of Napoleon I and cousin of Napoleon III. Bonaparte was acquitted. Originally buried in Neuilly, his body was removed to Pere Lachaise. Effigy in bronze by Jules Dalou (1838-1902).
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Division 89 - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, lipstick by his admirers (this photo was taken before the barrier screen went up):
Friday, May 4, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Division 88 - Harriet Toby (1929-1952)
Born Harriet Joan Katzman, Toby was an American ballerina. She died in a plane crash alongside actresses Michèle Verly and Alice Topart.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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