Paul Landowski

1875–1961 (age 86)

Sculptor

Biography

Paul Landowski (1875–1961) became one of France's foremost sculptors, celebrated for monumental works such as the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro and numerous sculptures that grace Parisian spaces.

He rests in the Cimetière de l'avenue Pierre-Grenier, where visitors honor the artist whose refined figures combined classical discipline with a deep sense of gesture.

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