Louis-Philippe Hébert
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Louis-Philippe Hébert 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.
Louis-Philippe Hébert was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy...
(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.
Works
- Louis-Philippe Hébert's Monseigneur Bourget in Montreal, Quebec.
- Louis-Philippe Hébert's Monseigneur de Laval in Quebec, Quebec.
- Louis-Philippe Hébert completed thirty large wooden sculptures in the choir of the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa including the Holy FamilyHoly FamilyThe Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph.The Feast of the Holy Family is a liturgical celebration in the Roman Catholic Church in honor of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his foster father, Saint Joseph, as a family...
, John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
and PatrickPatrickPatrick is a name derived from the Latin name Patricius . Owing to the importance of Saint Patrick in Irish history, it is an especially popular name in Ireland...
, the patron saints of English and French Catholics. - Louis-Philippe Hébert's monument at Parliament Hill (Quebec City)Parliament Hill (Quebec City)Parliament Hill is located in Quebec City in the borough of La Cité–Limoilou, specifically in neighborhoods of Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—colline Parlementaire and Saint-Jean-Baptiste...
to soldiers Short and Wallick (1891), two heroes who saved the inhabitants of the fire at Saint-SauveurSaint-Sauveur-France:Saint-Sauveur is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Saint-Sauveur, Hautes-Alpes, in the Hautes-Alpes département* Saint-Sauveur, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or département...
in the lower town of Quebec in 1889)