Art@Site www.artatsite.com Jean Cardot Winston Churchill
Artist:

Jean Cardot

Title:

Winston Churchill

Year:
1988
Adress:
Petit Palais
Website:
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This bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Paris is modelled on a photograph taken when he marched down the Champs Elysees with the French wartime leader General Charles de Gaulle, and sculpted by Jean Cardot in 1988, it was inaugurated in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I, and this statue is located by the Petit Palais on the right bank of the River Seine on the avenue that also carries his name.