Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Famous sheep sculptures by Lalanne at the Katara Hills

 

 By French artist Francois Xavier Lalanne. Located at #Katara_Hills, in cooperation with #QatarMuseums

Francois-Xavier LalanneFrench artist most renowned for his sheep sculptures, created fantastical animal, flora, and fauna-inspired pieces with frequently concealed functional purposes.

He attended the Académie Julian in Paris to study art. In 1952, he met his future wife Claude Lalanne at his first gallery exhibition. Serge Gainsbourg chose one of her works, "The Man with the Cabbage Head," for the cover of an album in  1976 .

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