Honorine Burlin, Jardin sculpté / Sculpture garden

view from the street

Located behind a stone wall that separates it from the street, the sculpture garden created by Honorine Burlin (1932-2010) has a charming collection of people and animals.

 Life and work

In 1975 Honorine Burlin, daughter of a carpenter, settled with her husband Julien, a farmer, in Cintegabelle, south of Toulouse, France.   

Before 1975 she already made wooden sculptures, but in Cintegabelle she couldn't find the right wooden material, so she tried making sculptures from concrete. 

This pleased her and the next thirty years or so, until 2005, she continued making sculptures from painted concrete, ultimately creating an art environment with dozens of personalities and animals as present in daily life in the countryside.

this picture (summer 2014) and the next ones 

from the weblog of Sophie Lepetit

Placed as in cohorts in the garden besides the house, some of the little people she created look as if marching along together on their way to some special event. 

Others appear in a group, as if waiting for something special to happen.

What happened after Honorine Burlin and her husband died

When in 2005 her hands no longer could endure the cement, Honorine Burlin ended her creative activity. She died in 2010. 

Her husband, Julien Burlin, passed away on March 25, 2025. The sculptures in the garden were subsequently maintained by a relative who lived a few houses down the street.

The authors of the website Tipeek Photos visited the site shortly after Julien Burlin's death and were able to visit it thanks to this relative.

Because of their mediation, it was subsequently possible to place the collection at the private museum Les Amoureux d'Angélique in Carla-Bayle (see their article in the documentation).

Documentation

* Article on the website Tipeek Photos

* Weblog of Sophie Lepetit of September 22 and September 23 2014, with a variety of pictures

* Article (October 11, 2014) by Louis Bigou on his weblog, also with a variety of pictures (An english version on the website SPACES)

* For information about the private museum les Amoureux d'Angélique in Carla-Bayle see the weblog of Sophie Lepetit, april 5, 2014).

first published February 2011, last revised August 2026

Honorine Burlin

Jardin sculpté

Cintegabelle, dept Haute-Garonne, region Occitanie, France