Louis-Philippe Hébert

Who was Louis-Philippe Hébert?

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. He was awarded the Medal of Confederation. He was made a chevalier of France's Legion of Honour. He was a Companion of St Michael and St George. 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.