A collection of old photographs of the carved rocks in Brittany by Abbé Fouré (1839-1910), a little-known figure in the Art Brut scene and a contemporary of Facteur Cheval.
Adolphe Julien Fouéré, known under the name of Abbé Fouré ("Abbot Fouré"), began to sculpt rocks in front of the sea in the end of the 19th century in France, Brittany, near the city of St Malo.
He was a very famous French folk artist at that time, dozens of postcards were printed, showing pictures of his works on stone and wood.
Nowadays, you can still visit the Rochers Sculptés ("Sculpted Rocks") in the city of Rothéneuf, but they are fading day after day, injured by the wind, the sea… and the feet of the visitors. We prefered to show ancient photographies, in black and white or colored by hand. They show the primary state of Fouéré's work.
It's very complicated to understand the exact meaning of these pieces of art, because Fouéré didn't write about his intriguing universe of saints, animals, legendary figures and monsters.
