Statues of George Sand

Statues of George Sand

There are many statues of George Sand. This is is the most famous one: it can be found in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris. It was designed by François-Léon Sicard and installed in 1904 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of her birth. I like this statue.

Below is a different one in La Châtre, near where Sand lived in Nohant-Vic. By Aimé Millet, it was installed in 1884. Another (terracotta) version of it can be seen at the Musée de la Vie romantique in Paris (shown at bottom).

There are a number of statues and busts of Sand by her son-in-law, Auguste Clésinger, but I don't like them as much. I do like his Woman Bitten by a Snake. Finally, there is this damaged statue in the Villa Algira in Gargilesse-Dampierre from circa 1862. Sand went to live there with her partner Alexandre Manceau in 1857.

Photo: Daniel Jolivet