When I found the image I used for the previous post, I, of course, had to do some research. I found Raoul Jossett at Texasscapes.com and now I want to travel Texas photographing and seeing his work up close.
This severe angelic guard, almost as tall as the trees, stands over the fallen Texans in La Grange, Texas.
Raoul Jossett
Born in France in 1899, Raoul Jossett was trained at the Paris School of Fine Arts, the Lycee of Lyons and Paris and studied under famed sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. Between 1920 and 1926 he created more than 15 memorials in France. He was awarded the Rome Prize in 1923 and the Prix Paris for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926.
He left Europe for the United States in 1933 and received his first commission carving two 45 foot granite Indians for the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge at Vincennes, Indiana. The following year, while working on two major Chicago works, Raoul became Citizen Josset.
At Monument Hill just south of La Grange, Josset’s huge bronze angel guards the crypt containing the remains of Texans killed in the Mier-Sommerville expedition.
This severe angelic guard, almost as tall as the trees, stands over the fallen Texans in La Grange, Texas.
Raoul Jossett
Born in France in 1899, Raoul Jossett was trained at the Paris School of Fine Arts, the Lycee of Lyons and Paris and studied under famed sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. Between 1920 and 1926 he created more than 15 memorials in France. He was awarded the Rome Prize in 1923 and the Prix Paris for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926.
He left Europe for the United States in 1933 and received his first commission carving two 45 foot granite Indians for the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge at Vincennes, Indiana. The following year, while working on two major Chicago works, Raoul became Citizen Josset.
At Monument Hill just south of La Grange, Josset’s huge bronze angel guards the crypt containing the remains of Texans killed in the Mier-Sommerville expedition.
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