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Philippe Grass

French sculptor

Summary

French sculptor

Tomb of Émile Souvestre, by Philippe Grass

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

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