Philippe Grass

Tomb of Émile Souvestre, by Philippe Grass

Philippe Grass (born in Wolxheim on May 6, 1801; died in Strasbourg on 9 April 1876) was a French sculptor. Hw 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 comeback to Alsace, he was appointed sculptor of the Fondation de l'l’Œuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg. In 1865, he became a knight of the Legion of Honor. He made the portrait of his friend Émile Souvestre on his tomb at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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

External links

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