Georges Jeanclos (9 April 1933 – 30 March 1997)[1] was a French sculptor, and ceramic artist working mostly with terracotta, but also bronze.
Georges Jeankelowitsch was born in Paris into a Jewish family, Lithuanian on his father's side and the Comtat Venaissin on his mother's.
[5] The sculptures are made of and covered with thin sheets of clay, which has been intensely beaten and stretched under enormous physical effort.
His sculptures represent or incorporate Jewish themes: Hebrew letters from the mourning Kaddish on blankets of sleepers, urns, references to the medieval rabbi Rashi, and meditating poses ("Kamamuras").
[5] This resulted in five public sculptures in Paris alone (Homage to Jean Moulin on the Champs-Élysées in 1984, a fountain on Place Stalingrad in 1988, the Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre fountain Square Viviani in 1991, the Fruits of the Earth, which are the massive bronze doors of the Finance Ministry in 1987), one in Provins (the tympanum of the church of Saint-Ayoul in 1985), one in Savigny-en-Septaine (a monument commemorating the Tragedy of the Guerry's wells in 1992) and the last one in Lille (the portal of Notre-Dame de la Treille in 1997).