René Béclu

Le Secret (The Secret) in the Parc de la Tête d'Or

René Hippolyte Béclu (3 February 1881, in Paris – 17 January 1915, in Mort pour la France, Riaville (Meuse)) was a French sculptor.

He was born in Paris, studied under Antonin Mercié and Hector Lemaire, and is now best known for his work Le Secret (The Secret) in the Parc de la Tête d'Or, Lyons, France.

References

• Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand palais des Champs-Élysées, Imprimerie Paul Dupont, Paris, 1 May 1908, page 264. [1]