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Hippolyte Ferrat (1822–1882) was a French sculptor from Aix-en-Provence. He specialised in busts. He designed public sculptures in Provence as well as busts for private collections and city halls. His work can be found in museums in Europe and the United States.

Early life

Hippolyte Ferrat was born on August 9, 1822, in Aix-en-Provence, France.

He was educated at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where James Pradier was one of his professors.

Career

Ferrat designed public sculptures in his hometown of Aix-en-Provence and in nearby Marseille. He designed one of the sculptures at the top of the Fontaine de la Rotonde in 1860. He also designed a bust of François Granet, a painter from Aix, at the top of the Fontaine Bellegarde. Meanwhile, he designed caryatids and the pediment on the Hôtel Louvre et Paix in Marseille.

Ferrat designed many busts for private collections and city halls. His sculpture entitled 'Le Prince impérial' is exhibited at the Château de Compiègne. In 1849, he designed The Fall of Icarus, which is now exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Moreover, he designed a bust of Hippolyte Fortoul, a politician, in 1857. It was given to the city of Digne in 1868, and it is still in their collection to this day. In 1858, he designed a statue of François Denis Tronchet, another politician. It was given to the city of Lisieux in 1935, and it is still in their collection.

Death

He died on October 24, 1882, in Aix-en-Provence. He was buried at the Saint-Pierre Cemetery in Aix.

Legacy

The Salle Hippolyte Ferrat in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence is named in his honour.

Gallery

• Sculpture at the top of the Fontaine de la Rotonde in Aix-en-Provence
• Sculpture at the top of the Fontaine Bellegarde in Aix-en-Provence
• Caryatids on the Hôtel Louvre et Paix in Marseille
• Pediment on the Hôtel Louvre et Paix in Marseille

References

1. ^ Hippolyte Ferrat (1822-1882), Bibliothèque nationale de France
2. Franck Baille, Les petits maîtres d'Aix à la belle époque, Aix-en-Provence: Imprimerie Paul Roubaud, 1981, p. 103
3. Jean-Michel Leniaud, Procès-verbaux de l'Académie des Beaux-arts: 1845-1849, Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 2008, p. 322
4. Aix en provence: Pays Aixois et Salonais, Petit Futé, 2010, p. 139
5. Culture 13: Fontaine Bellegarde
6. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Hippolyte Ferrat: Hippolyte Ferrat, French, 1822 - 1882
7. ^ Base Arcade: Sculpture: Hippolyte Fortoul
8. ^ Sculpture: Tronchet, CNAP
9. Le Tholonet: Salle Hippolyte Ferrat

External links

• Hippolyte Ferrat in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

• 1822 births
• 1882 deaths
• Artists from Aix-en-Provence
• École des Beaux-Arts alumni
• 19th-century French sculptors
• French male sculptors
• 19th-century French male artists