Carved rocks at Rotheneuf, France
Known as “les rochers sculptés”, the carved rocks on the coast at Rothéneuf (near St Malo, Brittany, northern France) were the work of Abbé Adolphe Julien Fouré (1839-1910). He sculpted around 300 carvings in a small area of the rocky coastline. He carried out the work at the end of the 19th century, over the course of 25 years. Abbé Fouré was a reclusive priest who was deaf and mute as a result of a stroke. He found self expression in the heads, figures and mythical beasts that he carved from the solid granite overlooking the sea. This collection is considered a classic example of outsider art.
