Louis-Philippe Hébert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis-Philippe Hébert

Canadian artist

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1850

Place of Birth: Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1917

Profession: artist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Louis-Philippe Hébert (1850–1917) was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec.
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. 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.