"The Love Of Beasts Pierre Taillée Thomas Cartier "
Cut stone by sculptor Thomas Cartier. From his workshop. A student of Georges Gardet and Victor Peter, he specialized in animal sculpture. He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1904 and obtained an honorable mention in 1908, a 2nd class medal in 1910 and a gold medal in 1927, the year in which he passed out of competition3. During the First World War, he became an illustrator: he then produced numerous postcards promoting anti-German propaganda and support for the poilus. After the war, he settled in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye and designed numerous war memorials.