Description
Auguste Baussan was a notable monumental sculptor from the Midi region of south central France. His public work is found largely in Nimes and Montpellier. Workshop models were given to the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, by his widow. The museum also holds a collection of designs and small sculptures by the artist.
An interesting photograph of his Montpellier studio, lined with plaster models, show finishing touches being made to his marble monument to St Roch, born in the city in 1295. Although much of southern France was gravely affected by a cholera epidemic during the 1880’s, the city of Montpellier was miraculously spared and this statue by Baussan was commissioned by grateful citizens, and installed in the Eglise St Roch in 1894.
Auguste Baussan Pair of Plaster Reliefs of Summer and Autumn
