Sculpture
Louis Cyr
Sculpture of Louis Cyr standing, arms crossed. He is wearing boots and a costume consisting of a gymnast’s jumpsuit and a knotted belt with bangs at the ends. He has long, loose hair and a goatee. Inscriptions are engraved on the sides of the base. The whole is painted in bronze.
- Accession Number 2022.26.42
- Artiste / Auteur Jowett, George
- Materials paint, plaster
- Measurements 56 x 25 x 19,5 cm
Historical context
This plaster statuette, painted in bronze, depicts Louis Cyr, arms crossed, in his gymnast outfit, including boots and a fringed belt. The base bears the inscriptions “1863 LOUIS CYR 1912” and “L’homme le plus fort de tous les temps” (“The strongest man of all time”). The statuette was sculpted by the famous British weightlifter and writer George Fuisdale Jowett. Born in England in 1891, where he ...
- Accession Number 2022.26.42
- Artiste / Auteur Jowett, George
- Materials paint, plaster
- Measurements 56 x 25 x 19,5 cm
© © Collection Pointe-à-Callière, don de Dave St-Martin, 2022.026.042
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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