6016 x 4016 px | 50,9 x 34 cm | 20,1 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
29 juin 2019
Informations supplémentaires:
1891: the association 'La Pomme' which holds its assizes in Saint-Malo launches the idea of a statue to the sailor Robert Surcouf. The statuary Etienne Leroux, member of the association, proposes a first sketch. The mayor immediately makes a commitment to the sculptor and forms a committee. A public subscription is open. The project receives support from the local press. 1892: the model is exhibited at the Salon, but no follow-up is given. 1902: a new committee is formed under the aegis of the navy. Several deputies and senators as well as the Countess Foucher de Careil, president of the Union of Women of France, are members. The administration is responsible for financing half of the expenditure, which amounts to 13, 500 francs. The proceeds of a first subscription, the benefits of a conference given by Anatole Le Braz and several concerts of Théodore Botrel report the necessary funds. The committee designates Caravanniez to make the statue. She enthusiastically little Armand Dayot, inspector of Fine Arts, to examine it. The base is made by Frangeul after a drawing of the secretary-treasurer of the committee, Malo-Renault. The first inscription is replaced by another less equivocal. 1903: inauguration on July 5th. Camille Pelletan, Minister of the Navy, disappointed to see the presidency of the ceremonies offered to Rene Brice, his political opponent, prohibits representatives of the navy and army to participate. The location is criticized because it is considered too small for the statue. 1940: under the Occupation, the statue owes its safeguard to the anti-English symbol embodied by Surcouf. A drawing of the work appears even in the propaganda works of the time. 1958: the statue is moved and placed on a lower base
