Viscount Byng of Vimy
43.2 cms x 35.6 cms x 27.94 cms (17 ins x 14 ins x 17 ins)
Signed (incised), dated 1928 and inscribed "Hohwiller Fondeau, Paris" on the base
sculpted in 1928
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Aug 15, 2023.
Lot 44236
Lot 44236
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $2,640
Realised: CAD $2,640
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of noted sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert he received his early education in France and returned to Canada with his parents when he was enrolled at the Monument National, Montreal. There he studied under Edmond Dyonnet in 1896. He returned to Paris in 1898 and studied at the Ecoles de la Ville de Paris and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. He returned to Montreal in 1902 and entered the classes of William Brymner for two years. He was back in France in 1904 for further study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, then returned to Canada in 1909 and became an instructor at McGill University where he taught for over a decade.
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of noted sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert he received his early education in France and returned to Canada with his parents when he was enrolled at the Monument National, Montreal. There he studied under Edmond Dyonnet in 1896. He returned to Paris in 1898 and studied at the Ecoles de la Ville de Paris and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. He returned to Montreal in 1902 and entered the classes of William Brymner for two years. He was back in France in 1904 for further study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, then returned to Canada in 1909 and became an instructor at McGill University where he taught for over a decade.
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