Louis-Philippe Hébert (1850–1917) was a Canadian sculptor. He is considered one of the best sculptors of his generation.

Career

Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. At age 19, he enrolled as a Papal Zouave and left for Italy where he found the art an eye-opener. The trip had a major impact on his career. Back in Canada, in 1872, he was initiated in making sculpture in wood by Adolphe Rho at Bécancour, then was mentored by

Napoléon Bourassa Napoléon Bourassa (October 21, 1827 – August 27, 1916) was a prominent Canadian architect, painter and writer whose offices were located in Montreal, Quebec. Early life and training Born in L'Acadie, Quebec, he studied at Sulpician Colle ...

in new approaches to sculpture in Canada. Hébert sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta and taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

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. He married Maria Roy on 26 May 1879 in

. The couple's eight children include Henri Hébert, a sculptor, and Adrien Hébert, a painter. Hébert was an associate member of the

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880. History 1880 to 1890 The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor General ...

(1880 and 1895), a full member in 1886-1889 and 1906. At the Exposition universelle de Paris in 1889, Hébert received a bronze medal, the first for a Canadian artist. He also was awarded the Medal of Confederation (1894) and was made a chevalier of France's Legion of Honour (1901), as well as a Companion of St Michael and St George (Great Britain, 1903). The Prix Philippe-Hébert, named in his honour, has been given to an artist of outstanding ability and stature in Québec arts by the St-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montréal since 1971. He was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery,

Works

Parliament Hill, Ottawa

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(1880s) at

Parliament Hill Parliament Hill (french: Colline du Parlement, colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their architectu ...

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(1880s) File:S-Victoria-sm.jpg,

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(1900), dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901. File:Alexander Mackenzie statue.jpg, Alexander Mackenzie (1901).

Nova Scotia

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(unveiled 1920),

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(1904), Province House,

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, Supreme Court (current Legislative Library),

Province House (Nova Scotia) Province House ( gd, Taigh na Roinne) in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada. T ...

Quebec Parliament Building

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Quebec Parliament Building The Parliament Building of Quebec (french: Hôtel du Parlement du Québec, links=no) is an eight-floor structure and is home to the National Assembly of Quebec (french: Assemblée Nationale du Québec, links=no), located in Quebec City, Quebec, Ca ...

, Québec City. File:Facade Parlement Quebec.jpg, « La Halte dans la forêt » Amerindian family File:Charles Michel de Salaberry.jpg,

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 181120 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1 ...

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and

Marquis de Montcalm Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American th ...

File:Francois-Gaston_Duc_de_Levis.JPG, Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis sculpture

Montreal, Quebec

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Edward VII Monument (Montreal) The Edward VII Monument (french: Monument à Édouard VII) is a statue of King Edward VII by artist Louis-Philippe Hébert and located at Phillips Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Overview Designed by Louis-Philippe Hébert, the monument to K ...

(1914) in

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(1914) in Phillips Square File:JeanneManceHotelDieu.jpg,

Jeanne Mance Monument The Jeanne Mance Monument is a memorial in Montreal, erected in 1909. It portrays French nurse Jeanne Mance, an early settler of Quebec and one of the founders of Montreal's first hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645. Overview Th ...

at l'hôtel-Dieu de

l'avenue des Pins Pine Avenue (french: avenue des Pins) is an east–west street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This street serves as the dividing line between the downtown Ville-Marie borough and borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, and also serves as the northern ...

File:Statue of Jeanne Mance, at Hotel Dieu hospital (Montreal) 24-MAY-2006.JPG,

at l'hôtel-Dieu de l'avenue des Pins File:Monument Ignace Bourget 01.jpg, Bishop of Montreal,

Ignace Bourget Monument The Ignace Bourget Monument is a monument of Louis-Philippe Hébert located in front of Montreal's Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, in Quebec, Canada. Overview The monument in memory of Bishop Ignace Bourget was unveiled on June 24, 1903, ...

(1903) is in front of

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File:Monument John Young.JPG, Louis-Philippe Hébert's

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(1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal. File:Jy portrait.png,

(1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal

Maisonneuve Monument

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Maisonneuve Monument The Maisonneuve Monument (french: Monument à Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve) is a monument by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 in Place d'Armes in Montreal. History This monument in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuv ...

(1895) was erected in memory of

Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (15 February 1612 9 September 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Fort Ville-Marie (modern day Montreal) in New France (Province of Quebec, Canada). Early life Maisonneuve was born in ...

in the Place d'Armes square

. File:Monument Maisonneuve Mascaron.JPG, Mascaron. File:Acte de fondation de Ville-Marie.jpg, Acte de foundation de Ville-Marie. File:Mort heroique de Dollard au Long Sault.JPG, Mort heroique de Dollard au Long Sault. File:Premiere messe a Ville-Marie.JPG, Premiere messe a Ville-Marie. File:Iroquois Monument Maisonneuve.JPG,

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. Image:Charles Le Moyne.jpg, Charles Le Moyne. Image:Lambert Closse.jpg,

Lambert Closse Raphaël Lambert Closse (1618–1662) was a merchant when he disembarked at Ville-Marie, Nouvelle-France in 1647. His exact date of birth is unknown, however, he was born in Mogues in the Ardennes department of today's northern France. He ...

. Image:Jeanne Mance - Montréal - commons.jpg,

Jeanne Mance Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospit ...

Other

File:Bishop Joseph Eugene Guigues, statue.jpg, Bishop Joseph Eugene Guiges outside

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File:Buste Cremazie.jpg, Octave Crémazie Monument near the house of

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Madeleine de Verchères Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères ((); 3 March 1678 – 8 August 1747) was a woman of New France (modern Quebec) credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old. Early life Madeleine's f ...

(1927) was erected in Verchères, Quebec File:Central Memorial Park, Calgary - R.L. Boyle.png, Boer War monument in

Central Memorial Park Central Memorial Park is a park located in central Calgary's Beltline district. Sometimes referred to as ''Central Park'' or as ''Memorial Park'', the area is home to the Memorial Park Library, an equestrian statue of Russell Lambert Boyle, and a ...

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*Monseigneur Bourget in

. *Monseigneur de Laval in

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. *completed thirty large wooden sculptures in the choir of the

including the

Holy Family The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first ...

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

and

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, the patron saints of English and French Catholics. *monument at

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to soldiers Short and Wallick (1891), two heroes who saved the inhabitants of the fire at

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in the lower town of Quebec in 1889) *monument of Father André Garin, priest at St.-Jean-Baptiste Church, at

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References

External links

*
Canadian Encyclopedia : Louis-Philippe Hébert

Louis-Philippe Hébert photos by George Lessard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hébert, Louis-Philippe 1850 births 1917 deaths Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors 20th-century male artists 19th-century Canadian sculptors 19th-century male artists Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts