Jean-Joseph Perraud

Jean-Joseph Perraud (1819, Jura - 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.

Perraud was student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1843 under Etienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, co-winner of the Prix de Rome in 1847, officer in the Legion of Honor in 1867, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Perraud is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.

His work includes:

* "Childhood of Bacchus" from 1863 and now at the Louvre
* figure of Jérôme Lalande, facade of the Louvre
* "Lyrical Drama" figural group on the facade of the Palais Garnier, 1865-69
* figure of "Berlin" on the facade of the Gare du Nord
* "Despair", at the Musee d'Orsay, 1869
* statue of Saint Denis, at the Church of St Vaast, Arras, Pas-de-Calais

References

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