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Louis-Philippe Hébert (; 27 January 1850 – 13 June 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, Canada East. 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 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 is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. He married Maria Roy on 26 May 1879 in
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. 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 Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria on 16 ...
(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,
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
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Works


Parliament Hill, Ottawa

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(1880s) at
Parliament Hill Parliament Hill (), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose ...
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File:S-Macdonald-sm.jpg, Sir John A. Macdonald (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

File:Grand Pré.JPG, Evangeline ( unveiled 1920), Grand Pre, Nova Scotia File:JosephHoweStatue.jpg, Joseph Howe (1904), Province House,
Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
File:JosephHoweProvinceHouseNovaScotia.png, Libel trial of Joseph Howe, Supreme Court (current Legislative Library), Province House (Nova Scotia)


Quebec Parliament Building

File:QuebecFontaineHébert.JPG, « La Halte dans la forêt » Amerindian family sculpture facade of the Quebec Parliament Building, Québec City. File:Facade Parlement Quebec.jpg, « La Halte dans la forêt » Amerindian family File:Charles Michel de Salaberry.jpg, Charles-Michel de Salaberry File:James Bruce Lord Elgin.JPG, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin File:Assemblée nationale du Québec - Wolfe et Montcalm.jpg,
James Wolfe Major-general James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of ...
and Marquis de Montcalm File:Francois-Gaston_Duc_de_Levis.JPG, Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis sculpture


Montreal, Quebec

File:Edouard VII Montreal.JPG, Edward VII Monument (Montreal) (1914) in
Phillips Square Phillips Square is a public square located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Square was established in 1842 thanks to a gift from Thomas Phillips to the city of Montreal, with the stipulation that the lot be used solely as a park. Histo ...
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Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
File:Genie aile Monument Edouard VII.jpg, Edward VII Monument (Montreal) (1914) in Phillips Square File:JeanneManceHotelDieu.jpg, Jeanne Mance Monument at l'hôtel-Dieu de l'avenue des Pins File:Statue of Jeanne Mance, at Hotel Dieu hospital (Montreal) 24-MAY-2006.JPG, Jeanne Mance Monument at l'hôtel-Dieu de l'avenue des Pins File:Monument Ignace Bourget 01.jpg, Bishop of Montreal, Ignace Bourget Monument (1903) is in front of
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral or in full Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Great Cathedral is a minor basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church i ...
File:Monument John Young.JPG, Louis-Philippe Hébert's John Young (1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal. File:Jy portrait.png, John Young (1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal


Maisonneuve Monument

File:Monument a Maisonneuve.JPG, Maisonneuve Monument (1895) was erected in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve in the Place d'Armes square
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. 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. 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 hos ...
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Other

File:Bishop Joseph Eugene Guigues, statue.jpg, Bishop Joseph Eugene Guiges outside Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa File:Buste Cremazie.jpg, Octave Crémazie Monument near the house of Émile Nelligan File:Vercheres.jpg, Madeleine de Verchères (1927) was erected in Verchères, Quebec File:Central Memorial Park, Calgary - R.L. Boyle.png, Boer War monument in Central Memorial Park.
Calgary, Alberta Calgary () is a major city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a Metropolitan area, metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the List of ...
 *Monseigneur Bourget in
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. *Monseigneur de Laval in Quebec, Quebec. *completed thirty large wooden sculptures in the choir of the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa 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,Ainsworth, 122 but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de La ...
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John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...
and Patrick, the patron saints of English and French Catholics. *monument at Parliament Hill (Quebec City) to soldiers Short and Wallick (1891), two heroes who saved the inhabitants of the fire at Saint-Sauveur 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

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Canadian Encyclopedia : Louis-Philippe Hébert

Louis-Philippe Hébert photos by George Lessard
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