Jean-Joseph Perraud (26 April 1819, Jura - 2 November 1876) was a French academic sculptor. According to Eaton, "During the

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no sculptor enjoyed a greater reputation", although his style fell out of fashion soon after his death.

Biography

Perraud was a student at the

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from 1843 under Etienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, co-winner of the

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in 1847, officer in the Legion of Honor in 1867, and member of the

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. Perraud died in Paris. He is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.

Major works

*''Télémaque apportant à Phalante l'urne renfermant les cendres d'Hippias'' (based on Fénelon's ''The Adventures of Telemachus'') * ''Childhood of Bacchus'' from 1863 and now at the Louvre * figure of

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, facade of the Louvre * ''Lyrical Drama'' figural group on the facade of the Palais Garnier, 1865–69 * figure of ''Berlin'' on the facade of the Gare du Nord * ''Despair'', at the Musée d'Orsay, 1869 * statue of Saint Denis, at the Church of St Vaast, Arras, Pas-de-Calais
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References

* Daniel Cady Eaton, ''A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture'', Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perraud, Jean-Joseph Prix de Rome for sculpture French architectural sculptors 1819 births 1876 deaths Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists