The Auguste Trémont exhibition, a Luxembourg artist with international renown

The Schlassgoart gallery hosted an exhibition on Auguste Trémont, a famous Luxembourgish artist, as part of Esch 2022 European Capital of Culture. The exhibition traced the artist’s travels between the steel plant in Dudelange and time spent in Paris where his art and technique developed over the years.

The highlight of this exhibition is the displaying of his sculptures typical of the decorative arts in a contemporary and surprising installation by the artist Eric Schumacher.

If you’ve visited the forecourt of the town hall in the capital, or the crypt of the Grand-Ducal family in the heart of the cathedral, you’ll already have appreciated the work of Auguste Trémont through the iconic lions. It was he himself who created these works known to the residents of Luxembourg City. Sir Winston Churchill, a former British prime minister, even owned one of the few examples of this masterful bronze lion!