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Pol Bury

Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco. • Illustration — Portrait of Pol Bury In 1999, Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California, in cooperation with Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, exhibited Pol Bury: Fountains and Other Intriguing Works. This exhibition was part of the Absolut-L.A. International Biennial Art Invitational, which was also known as the L.A. The exhibition received a favorable review by critic David Pagel from the Los Angeles Times.

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Pol Bury

Plaque commémorative, 236 boulevard Raspail, Paris 14 e. « Pol Bury, 1922-2005, artiste-sculpteur, "maître de la lenteur", vécut et travailla dans cet immeuble de 1968 à 2005. »

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Born
1922.
Died
sources differ (2005 and 2005).
Nationality
Belgium and France.
Occupation
painter, sculptor, designer, university teacher, poet and illustrator.
Movements
surrealism.
Known for
Fontaines à boules.

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Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco. • Illustration — Portrait of Pol Bury In 1999, Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California, in cooperation with Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, exhibited Pol Bury: Fountains and Other Intriguing Works. This exhibition was part of the Absolut-L.A. International Biennial Art Invitational, which was also known as the L.A. The exhibition received a favorable review by critic David Pagel from the Los Angeles Times.

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