Philippe Grass
Illustration — Tomb of Émile Souvestre, by Philippe Grass Philippe Grass (6 May 1801 – 9 April 1876) was a French sculptor.
Philippe Grass
Revue alsacienne illustrée (1905) · Public domain
- Born
- 1801 · Wolxheim.
- Died
- 1876 · Strasbourg.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Landolin Ohmacht
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Tomb of Émile Souvestre, by Philippe Grass Philippe Grass (6 May 1801 – 9 April 1876) was a French sculptor.
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Philippe Grass (1801–1876) was a French sculptor. Born in Wolxheim, the sculptor died in Strasbourg.
Philippe Grass studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The sculptor worked for Fabrique de Notre Dame.
Languages used include French. Philippe Grass received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Philippe Grass studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Landolin Ohmacht is recorded. Louis Stienne is recorded as having studied under Philippe Grass. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Fabrique de Notre Dame. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Born in Wolxheim, Alsace, Grass was a pupil of Landolin Ohmacht and Baron François Joseph Bosio. From 1820 to 1823, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. After his return to Alsace, he was appointed sculptor of the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg. In 1865, he became a knight of the Legion of Honour. He made the portrait of his friend Émile Souvestre on his tomb on the Père Lachaise Cemetery. He died in Strasbourg.
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• Statue du général Jean-Baptiste Kléber, bronze, 1840 • Statue du préfet Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia, 1845, in Strasbourg • Jugement dernier, on the facade of the cathedral of Strasbourg • Icare déployant ses ailes, 1831 • Suzanne au bain, 1834 • Jeune Paysanne, 1839
*Strasbourg: monument de Lezay-Marnésia en 1868 Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, NIM35239
L. Blumer
Portrait de l'architecte Jean Villot par Philippe Grass (1843) Musée historique de Strasbourg (N° 88.975.1.17)
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1801
Philippe Grass born at Wolxheim.
1876
Philippe Grass died at Strasbourg.
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Philippe Grass studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Landolin Ohmacht. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Philippe Grass is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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