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Philippe Grass (6 May 1801 – 9 April 1876) was a French sculptor.

Career

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.

Selected works

• 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

References

External links

• Philippe Grass in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

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На других языках

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[de] Philipp Graß

Philipp Graß (* 6. Mai 1801 in Wolxheim, Département Bas-Rhin; † 11. April 1876 in Straßburg)[1] war ein elsässischer Bildhauer des Klassizismus. Er wirkte in Straßburg und Umgebung.

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- [en] Philippe Grass

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[fr] Philippe Grass

Philippe Grass, né à Wolxheim (Bas-Rhin) le 6 mai 1801 et mort à Strasbourg le 12 avril 1876, est un sculpteur français.

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[ru] Грасс, Филипп

Филипп Грасс (фр. Philippe Grass, нем. Philipp Graß; 6 мая 1801[1][2][3][…], Вольксайм — 12 апреля 1876[4], Страсбург[4]) — французский скульптор и художник эльзасского происхождения, представитель классицизма.

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