Le Songe retrouvé – Ossian 2.0 — 100Taur
100Taur (Nicolas Giraud) · Place Saint-Orens, Montauban, France · 2026
Photo: World Art Utopia media archive (photographer not identified), used in New Street Art! (16 Photos) — Vol. 114.
100Taur painted this mural of about 360 m² at Place Saint-Orens in Montauban in summer 2026, on a commission from the city. It continues his 2019 Ossian fresco, which was lost when its building was demolished in 2024. Source Source Source Checked
Seen Aug 2026: Radio Totem reported that the artist finished the wall on Friday 7 August 2026. That is a reported event, not a claimed camera date. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- A continuation, not a copyLe Journal Toulousain calls the new wall a continuation rather than a copy of the lost first fresco; the artist told Radio Totem: “Je ne voulais pas refaire le même mur” (I didn’t want to paint the same wall again). Source Source Checked
- Ossian finally appearsThis time Ossian himself is in the picture, as an owl; his son keeps the fox shape he had in the lost 2019 fresco. Source Source Source Checked
- The first mural is goneThe 2019 fresco was painted for the reopening of the Musée Ingres Bourdelle on a municipal building on Grand’rue Sapiac; its demolition in 2024 took the work with it. Street Art Cities lists that earlier “Songe d’Ossian” as removed. Source Source Source Checked
- His third wall for the cityIt joins two other 100Taur frescoes in Montauban: Roger délivrant Angélique on rue de l’Abbaye and Œdipe et le Sphinx on rue du Général-Sarrail. Source Source Checked
📍 Where it is
On a facade overlooking Place Saint-Orens in Montauban’s Villebourbon district, at the city entrance on the Toulouse side; Le Journal Toulousain gives the address as 2 place Saint-Orens. Source Source Reported
The map opens a search for 2 Place Saint-Orens. Street art changes; check locally before travelling.
🗓️ Sightings
- 202630 Jul
Work in progress at Place Saint-Orens, due to finish at the end of July · publication date
- 20265 Aug
Painting continues “a few more days” at 2 place Saint-Orens · publication date
- 20267 Aug
Artist finishes the wall, as reported by Radio Totem · reported event
Amber stamps are dated publications or reported events. They are not claimed camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
Montauban. 100TAUR signe une nouvelle fresque monumentale
Names the city commission, the size of nearly 360 m², the owl Ossian, the deer carrying a harp and the artist’s other Montauban walls.
Street art : 100TAUR signe une troisième fresque à Montauban
Gives the title Le Songe retrouvé – Ossian 2.0, the address 2 place Saint-Orens and the story of the 2019 fresco demolished in 2024.
Montauban : « Ce mur ne m’appartient plus, il appartient aux gens », la fresque géante de 360 m² de 100TAUR
Reports the wall finished on 7 August and quotes the artist: the wall “no longer belongs to me, it belongs to the people”.
✅ The facts
- Title
- Le Songe retrouvé – Ossian 2.0 (Le Journal Toulousain) or La vérité dans le rêve (Journal du Jour, Radio Totem). This file uses the Le Journal Toulousain title. Source Source Source Conflicting
- Earlier work
- Songe d’Ossian, 2019, Grand’rue Sapiac; demolished with its building in 2024 Source Source Source Checked
- Inauguration
- No dated report of an inauguration that we could open Unconfirmed
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- Journal du Jour: Montauban. 100TAUR signe une nouvelle fresque monumentale
- Le Journal Toulousain: Street art : 100TAUR signe une troisième fresque à Montauban
- Radio Totem: « Ce mur ne m’appartient plus, il appartient aux gens »
- Street Art Cities: Songe d’Ossian (2019, removed)
- Hero photo: World Art Utopia media archive; photographer not identified; used in the linked source post. Plain white bands above and below the photo were trimmed; the artwork itself was not altered.
- Share image: exact hero photo fitted to a 1600×900 canvas with blurred side fill; the artwork itself was not altered.
Last checked: 5 November 2026. How we verify art