Art@Site www.artatsite.com Raymond Mason La Foule
Artist:

Raymond Mason

Title:

La Foule

Year:
1965
Adress:
Jardin des Tuileries
Website:
www.civicartsproject.com:
Cette sculpture est hante par l'artiste britannique Raymond Mason est une composante unique du jardin des Tuileries.
Le sculpteur represente un certain nombre de figures humaines en cluster dans un modele etanche, la plupart avec des expressions faciales indiscernables. La sculpture a ete achevee en 1967 et a ete achete par le Fonds national d'art contemporain de France. Il a ete place dans le jardin des Tuileries en 2000.
Bien que Raymond Mason est ne et a grandi a Birmingham, en Angleterre, il a passe la majorite de sa vie a Paris. Son travail souvent represente chiffres etroitement groupes, comme si un groupe de personnes sur une rue animee. Il a beaucoup d'oeuvres notables sur l'affichage a Paris, son Birmingham natal, ainsi que les villes nord-americaines de Montreal, New York et Washington DC.
La sculpture est situe dans le jardin des Tuileries et est directement a travers le jardin de 'la figure couchee' de Henry Moore.

www.wikipedia.org:
La Foule est une oeuvre du sculpteur britannique Raymond Mason situee a Paris, en France. Creee entre 1963 et 1967, elle est installee en 2000 dans les jardins des Tuileries. Il s'agit d'une sculpture en bronze representant de nombreux personnages.
L'oeuvre prend la forme d'une sculpture en bronze. Elle represente un ensemble de personnages, debout, accoles les uns aux autres.

Translation
www.civicartsproject.com:
This haunting sculpture is by British artist Raymond Mason is a unique component of the Tuileries Garden.
The sculptor depicts a number of human figures clustered in a tight pattern, most with indistinguishable facial expressions. The sculpture was completed in 1967 and was purchased by France’s National Fund of Contemporary Art. It was placed in the Tuileries Garden in 2000. Although Raymond Mason was born and raised in Birmingham, England, he spent the majority of his life in Paris. His work often depicted closely grouped figures, as if a group of people on a busy street. He has many notable works on display in Paris, his native Birmingham, as well as the North American cities of Montreal, New York, and Washington D.C.
The sculpture is located within the Tuileries Garden and is directly across the garden from Henry Moore’s ‘Reclining Figure’.

www.wikipedia.org:
La Foule (The Crowd) is a work of British sculptor Raymond Mason based in Paris, France. Created between 1963 and 1967, it is installed in 2000 in the gardens of the Tuileries. It is a bronze sculpture representing many characters.
The work takes the form of a bronze sculpture. It represents a set of characters standing contiguous to each other.