The Hector Berlioz Website - Berlioz Statues 5

The Hector Berlioz Website

Berlioz monuments, statues, and busts (5)

Alfred Charles Lenoir

This bust, in patinated plaster [buste en plâtre patiné) was made in 1919, the model of each Lenoir had made between 1903 and 1904. He was commissioned to make the actual bust in 1904. The bust is located in the Musée Masséna in Nice, France.
We are most grateful to Mr. Ian Woolf for sending us a copy of the photograph of the bust taken by himself, and for granting us permission to reproduce it on our site.

It was also Lenoir who made the original statue of Berlioz inaugurated in October 1886 in the Square Vintimille (now Square Berlioz) in Paris. A fine copy of that statue was erected in honour of Berlioz in the Place Hector Berlioz at La Côte Saint-André in 1890.

Jean-Joseph Perraud

This bust was in the Institut de France in the late 1880s; we do not know whether it is still there. The image has been scanned from Adolphe Jullien, Hector Berlioz, sa vie et ses œuvres (Paris, 1888), in our own collection.

Michael Ayrton

"Berlioz" – 1969

"Berlioz in 1855" – 1968/69

The above two pictures are courtesy of Michael Ayrton’s book, Berlioz, A Singular Obsession. A Personal Portrait of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) on the Centenary of His Death (1969, London: British Broadcasting Corporation), a copy of which is in our own collection. The originals of all the images are by Michael Ayrton (1921-1975) himself. © Michael Ayrton Estate. All rights of reproduction in any form are reserved.

Nel van Lith

This bronze bust dates from 1985 and is from the Vredenburg concert hall in Utrecht. It is 39cm high. The hall closed in summer of 2007 for a thorough renovation which could last a few years. The above photo was taken by our friend Pepijn van Doesburg shortly before the hall closed. We are most grateful to Pepijn for sending us a copy of the photo.

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