Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert (October 12 or 20, 1823 – 1893) was a French sculptor. As the son of sculptor Pierre Hébert, he studied both with his father and with

Jean-Jacques Feuchère Jean-Jacques Feuchère (24 August 1807 – 26 July 1852) was a French sculptor. He was a student of Jean-Pierre Cortot, and among his students was Jacques-Léonard Maillet. Selected works * Relief panel ''Le Pont d'Arcole'', Arc de Triom ...

(1807–1852). Émile Hébert participated in the ''

Salon de Paris The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

'' and the ''

Exposition Universelle (1855) The Exposition Universelle of 1855 was an International Exhibition held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris from 15 May to 15 November 1855. Its full official title was the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des B ...

'', created the allegorical statues ''La Comédie'' and ''Le Drame'' for the vaudeville theatre in Paris, and was awarded a Second Class Medal in 1872. Émile Hébert was one of the few sculptors to work with the renowned bronze fondeur Georges Servant, and their artistic collaboration resulted in pieces of the Neo-Grecian and Egyptian Revival style.

Selected works

* ''Jeune fille sauvant une abeille'', 1855 * ''Méphistophélès'', bronze, Stanford University, 1855 * ''L'Amour suppliant'', 1859 * ''Amazone se préparant à la bataille'', bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1860 * ''Et toujours !! Et jamais !!'', Collection Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto, Canada, 1863 * ''Bacchus'', 1866 * ''La Pologne'', medallion, 1867 * ''M. Servant'', bust, 1867 * ''Bas-reliefs du monument à L'Amiral Duperré'', La Rochelle, 1868 * ''Œdipe'', 1869 * ''L'Oracle'', marble bas-relief, 1872 * ''Bellérophon vainqueur de la Chimère'', 1874 * ''Sémiramis, reine d'Assyrie'', bust, 1874 * ''Alexandre Tessier, propagateur du moutons mérinos'', bronze bust, 1876 * ''Buste de Balzac'',

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, Atlanta, 1877 * ''Table de style néo-grec'', Musée d'Orsay, Paris, c. 1878 * ''Rabelais'', Chinon, 1882 * ''L'Oracle'', bas-relief, 1893

References

External links

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Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert
''Dictionnaire général de biographie contemporaine française et étrangère'', Adolphe Louis Émile Bitard, M. Dreyfous, page 642, 1878.
National Gallery of Art
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