Oscar wilde s lipstick covered paris tomb to be protected this article is more than 8 years old wilde s grave in paris has been restored after decades of unusual lipstick tributes.

Oscar wilde grave paris pictures. Paris reuters for over a decade oscar wilde fans have flocked to a famous paris cemetery with lipstick in hand and left red and pink kiss marks all over the irish writer s cream colored grave. Immediately after his death wilde was buried in a leased pauper s grave in bagneux outside the walls of paris. Not only did irish author oscar wilde live a very interesting life he just happens to be one of my favorite authors. Jacob epstein is commissioned to design a memorial for the irish author s tomb in père lachaise cemetery.

The tomb designed by jacob epstein in 1914 features the sculpture modernist angel which is roughly three meters tall and very impressive. Oscar wilde grave at pere lachaise cemetery in paris france. The père lachaise is located in the 20th arrondissement and was the first garden. 1102 citing cimetière du père lachaise paris city of paris île de france france.

A certain amount of controversy surrounded the construction of the tomb. Accessed memorial page for oscar wilde 16 oct 1854 30 nov 1900 find a grave memorial no. Oscar wilde grave oscar wilde s tomb père lachaise cemetery cimetière du père lachaise paris france. Wilde may have been irish but he spent a good deal of his life here in paris he tragically died here as well but more on that later.

Oscar wilde grave stock photos and images 316 narrow your search. Père lachaise cemetery paris france. Jacob epstein s tomb for oscar wilde. Cimetière du père lachaise simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz.

Memorial for oscar wilde s grave in paris archive 1912 12 february 1912. Formerly cimetière de l est cemetery of the east is the largest cemetery in paris france 44 hectares or 110 acres. Page 1 of 4. Hundreds of thousands of lipstick marks cover the glass façade of oscar wilde s tomb as well as flowers letters and various other bizarre items and trinkets.

With more than 3 5 million visitors annually it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Pencil study for the tomb at the new art gallery walsall wilde s tomb at the poetry foundation. I absolutely love his masterpiece the picture of dorian gray and i also recently saw the play version at a little theatre in paris. Media related to grave of oscar wilde and robert baldwin ross at wikimedia commons.

Oscar wilde grave tomb in père lachaise cemetery designed by jacob epstein. Now enclosed to protect it from graffiti.

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