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

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(1807–1852). Émile Hébert participated in the '' Salon de Paris'' and the ''

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'', creating the allegorical statues ''La Comédie'' and ''Le Drame'' for the vaudeville theatre in Paris. He was awarded a Second Class Medal in 1872. Émile Hébert was one of the few sculptors to collaborate with the renowned bronze fondeur Georges Servant, resulting in pieces in the Neo-Grecian and Egyptian Revival styles.

Selected works

* ''Jeune fille sauvant une abeille'', 1855 * ''Méphistophélès'', bronze,

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, 1855 * ''L'Amour suppliant'', 1859 * ''Amazone se préparant à la bataille'', bronze,

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, 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'',

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, 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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