Jean-Joseph Perraud (26 April 1819, Jura - 2 November 1876) was a French academic sculptor. According to Eaton, "During the Second Empire no sculptor enjoyed a greater reputation", although his style fell out of fashion soon after his death.

Biography

Perraud was a student at the

École des Beaux-Arts ; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...

from 1843 under Etienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, co-winner of the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1847, officer in the

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

in 1867, and member of the

Académie des Beaux-Arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

. Perraud died in Paris. He is buried in

Montparnasse Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery () is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery has over 35,00 ...

Major works

*''Télémaque apportant à Phalante l'urne renfermant les cendres d'Hippias'' (based on Fénelon's ''The Adventures of Telemachus'') * ''Childhood of Bacchus'' from 1863 and now at the Louvre * figure of

Jérôme Lalande Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (; 11 July 1732 – 4April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit (the distance from the Earth to the Sun) using measu ...

, facade of the Louvre * ''Lyrical Drama'' figural group on the facade of the

Palais Garnier The (, Garnier Palace), also known as (, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the ...

, 1865–69 * figure of ''Berlin'' on the facade of the

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* ''Despair'', at the

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) () is a museum in Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche, Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mai ...

, 1869 * statue of Saint Denis, at the Church of St Vaast, Arras,

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

File:Lalande cour Napoleon Louvre b.jpg, Lalan's statue on

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

facade File:Pza Constitucion -Diego Portales por Jean-Joseph Perraud -fRF04 20171203.jpg, Statue of

Diego Portales Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales y Palazuelos (; June 16, 1793 – June 6, 1837) was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto's government, he played a pivotal role in shaping the state and po ...

File:Jean-Joseph Perraud - Desespoir.jpg, Statue named "Desperation"

References

* Daniel Cady Eaton, ''A Handbook of Modern French Sculpture'', Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perraud, Jean-Joseph Prix de Rome for sculpture French architectural sculptors 1819 births 1876 deaths Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Officers of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists