Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
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Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (born March 19, 1812 in Aix-en-Provence , † September 7, 1886 in Lyon ) was a French sculptor , professor at the Art Academy in Lyon and official sculptor of the Archdiocese of Lyon . He mainly created statues of Mary and saints in the spirit of the Renouveau catholique .
Life
Fabisch came from a Polish family. In 1840 he became professor of drawing at the University of Saint-Etienne . In 1845 he went to Lyon to take up a professorship at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon .
He became famous for the golden statue of the Virgin Mary, which he created in 1852 for the tower of the Notre-Dame de Fourvière chapel - the neighboring basilica was not built until twenty years later - and which overlooks Lyon's old town from Fourvière hill. The day of their solemn consecration on the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary , December 8th, became the origin of the annual winter city festival Fête des Lumières .
In 1863 Fabisch was commissioned for his most famous work worldwide, the statue of the Virgin Mary, which, at the request of the founders, two Lacour sisters from Lyon, was to be erected in the Massabielle grotto near Lourdes at the place where Bernadette Soubirous had seen the apparitions of Mary. From September 15 to 19, 1863 Fabisch visited Bernadette and asked her to describe exactly how the "lady" was dressed and how she looked. On April 4, 1864, his statue was consecrated in the presence of 20,000 people. Bernadette herself could not recognize her vision in the figure - for Fabisch the "greatest grief of his artistic life". Nevertheless, his work has been copied for countless Lourdes caves all over the world.
In 1868 Fabisch created another figure of Mary for Lourdes, this one with the baby Jesus . It stands on the altar of the crypt of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception .
In 1874 Fabisch became director of the Lyons University, where he had taught since 1845.
Works
- 1852: Statue of the Virgin on the tower of the Notre-Dame de Fourvière chapel , Lyon
- 1852: Benedictine altar in the Saint-Martin d'Ainay basilica , Lyon
- 1855: Our Lady and Child, Place Benoît Crépu, Lyon
- 1855: Beatrix , Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
- 1859: Relief in the church of Villechenève , Département Rhône
- 1860: Portal tympanum of the Saint-Martin d'Ainay basilica, Lyon
- 1864: Figure of Mary based on the description by Bernadette Soubirous for the Grotto of the Apparitions in Lourdes; Carrara marble, 183 cm
- 1866: Catherine of Alexandria , Place des Terreaux, Lyon
- 1868: Our Lady and Child, crypt of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes
- Apostle Peter , Place des Terraux
- Saint Joseph , Joseph Chapel of the Saint-Martin d'Ainay basilica, Lyon
- Figure of Mary in the Church of Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée-Conception (Lyon)
literature
- Saints et madones aux coins de nos rues , éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 1995
Individual evidence
- ^ LCCN
- ↑ Article by Claude Pillet ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. about the icon of Notre-Dame de Grâce
- ↑ `` La revue du Rosaire '', No. 173, November 2005
- ^ Catholicpilgrims.com
- ↑ dublinlourdes.net ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ `` Saints et madones aux coins de nos rues '', p. 58
- ↑ `` Saints et madones aux coins de nos rues '', p. 65
- ↑ `` Saints et madones aux coins de nos rues '', p. 72
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabisch, Joseph-Hugues |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Etienne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1886 |
| Place of death | Lyon |