Jean-Joseph Perraud

Who was Jean-Joseph Perraud?

Jean-Joseph Perraud 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 a student at the École 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 Musée d'Orsay, 1869

statue of Saint Denis, at the Church of St Vaast, Arras, Pas-de-Calais