Shepherd lying on his back, or on his stomach?

The shepherd...

Ernest Nivet was born in Levroux, where the shepherd is lying on his stomach in the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, and died in Châteauroux, where the shepherd is lying on his back in the Place Saint-Cyran.
Between these two milestones of his life, Ernest Nivet had a peasant childhood, which saw the birth of an early vocation. From this childhood, he was able to keep in memory, to translate them later, the attitudes of the spinners, the harvesters, the shepherds, which will carry the authenticity and the realism of the work of the one who was also the pupil of Rodin.

The shepherd on his stomach

Place de l'hôtel de ville, in Levroux, he is dreaming, hands under the chin... very simple clothes, a soft hat, he is well, obviously. And he is so well that he lets one of his clogs slip off his foot, without him caring.

The shepherd on his back

He too is on a square in Châteauroux. And he too is really good! Just look at his hands crossed behind his neck, and the tranquility of his dog, lying at his head. The two statues are so real, so right, that you can almost feel the heat of a summer sun on the ripe wheat...

Town hall of Levroux
10, place de l'Hôtel de Ville
36110 Levroux
Tél . : 02 54 35 70 54
mairie-levroux@wanadoo.fr

https://www.ville-levroux.fr/culture.html

Tourist office
Place Ernest Nivet
36110 Levroux
Tel : 02.54.07.19.93

Châteauroux City Hall
Place de la République
36012 Châteauroux
Tel : 02 54 08 33 00
communication@ville-chateauroux.fr

http://www.chateauroux-metropole.fr

Château Berry tourism
2 Place de la République
36000 Châteauroux
Phone : 02 54 34 10 74
https://www.chateauroux-tourisme.com/

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