Jan and Joël Martel

The twins were born in Nantes and were among the founding members of Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM).

[1] Their works include ornamental sculptures, statues, monuments and fountains displaying characteristics typical of the Art Deco and Cubist periods.

[note 1] The brothers died in 1966, about six months apart from each other, one as the result of a long illness and the other in an accident.

[4] On 8 April 1945, before the war had actually ended, Antony became the first town to pay homage to its liberator by giving the name of Division-Leclerc to one of its streets.

The statue, at the time figurative and stylised, represents the hero marching away from the screen of the piece which maps the route of the military from 1941 until entry into Paris.