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Chambellan, Rene Paul,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Midland
Relief
Sculpture
Midland County Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Chambellan, Rene Paul, 1893-1955, sculptor.
Title:
Midland County Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1950.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 20 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 30 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On relief, lower right, below soldier's foot:) RENE CHAMBELLAN SC (Below relief in raised letters:) TO THE ETERNAL GLORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND IN GRATITUDE TO/OUR DEFENDERS WHO BY THEIR DEVOTION SUFFERED AND ENDURED TO ASSURE TO/US THOSE DEARLY EARNED GAINS IN HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY AND FREEDOM/DECEMBER 7TH 1941 SEPTEMBER 2ND 1945 (On plaque on left wing, top:) HONORING ALL/MIDLAND COUNTY VETERANS/WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY WITH/UNSELFISH DEVOTION DURING/TIMES OF PEACE AND WAR. (On plaque on right wing, top:) IN HONOR OF/VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I/APRIL 6, 1917/TO/NOVEMBER 11, 1918 signed
Description:
Exedra consists of a central figurative grouping in relief flanked by an honor roll and two additional plain stone wings. The exedra's seating is in the front. A low granite commemorative wall stands in front of the exedra and behind two cenotaphs inscribed with the war fatalities of Midland County. The figurative grouping consists of six soldiers in various types of uniforms and a winged allegorical female figure. The soldiers stand in groups of three on each side of the Classically garbed female. Their hands all join in the center to support a lamp. An eternal flame burns above the female figure's head.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
Figure female -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Midland
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by County of Midland, Main Street, Midland, Michigan 48640
Located Midland County Courthouse, Midland, Michigan
Remarks:
When originally erected, the memorial consisted of the relief, exedra and honor rolls. A low wall in the front commemorating the Korean and Vietnam Wars, with its two cenotaphs, was a later addition, as was the eternal flame and the two plaques on top of the honor roll walls. IAS files contain a related article from the Midland Daily News, July 4, 1992.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS MI000655
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000655
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