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Louis-Philippe Hébert |
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| Born | 27 Jan 1850 Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec |
| Died | 13 June 1917 Westmount Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Field | sculptor, educator |
| Training | Napoléon Bourassa |
Louis-Philippe Hébert (1850-1917) was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in Montreal, Quebec. He married Maria Roy on 26 May 1879 in Montreal, Quebec. The couple's eight children include Henri Hébert a sculptor, and Adrien Hébert, a painter.
Louis-Philippe Hébert was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1880). He was awarded the Medal of Confederation (1894). He was made a chevalier of France's Legion of Honour (1901). He was 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, Montreal, Quebec.
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Evangeline (unveiled 1920), Grand Pre, Nova Scotia
Sir George-Étienne Cartier (1880s) at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario
Sir John A. Macdonald (1880s)
Queen Victoria (1900), dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901.
Alexander Mackenzie (1901).
« La Halte dans la forêt » Amerindian family sculpture facade of the Quebec Parliament Building, Québec City.
Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis sculpture
Edward VII Monument (Montreal) (1914) in Phillips Square, Montreal, Quebec
Edward VII Monument (Montreal) (1914) in Phillips Square
Jeanne Mance Monument at l'hôtel-Dieu de l'avenue des Pins
Jeanne Mance Monument at l'hôtel-Dieu de l'avenue des Pins
Bishop of Montreal, Ignace Bourget Monument (1903) is in front of Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Louis-Philippe Hébert's John Young (1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal.
John Young (1908) was erected at the Old Port of Montreal
Maisonneuve Monument (1895) was erected in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve in the Place d'Armes square Montreal, Quebec.
Bishop Joseph Eugene Guiges outside Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa
Octave Crémazie Monument near the house of Émile Nelligan
Madeleine de Verchères (1927) was erected in Verchères, Quebec
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