Henri Raybaud
Henri Charles Raybaud was a French sculptor.
He studied in Paris under Gabriel Thomas and Jean-Antoine Injalbert and made his debut at the Paris Salon des Artistes Français in 1904 with the work "Le Berger et la mer" a plaster bas-relief now held by Marseille's Musée des Beaux-Arts.
Main works
Images of Reybaud's bronzes by the Gare Saint-Charles stairway
Main works (continued)
Name | Location | Date | Notes |
"Mireille" | Marseille. Musée des Beaux—arts | A depiction of Frédéric Mistral's famous character. | |
"L'Orage" | Marseille. Musée des Beaux-arts | 1908 | A plaster bas-relief. |
Monument to Dom Joseph-Dominique d'Inguimbert | Carpentras | This monument stands in the place de l'Hôpital. The bronze was removed in 1943 with the intention of melting the metal down for re-use but it was retrieved from a foundry in Lyon and re-erected in 1944. | |
Monument to Frédéric Chevillon | Marseille | 1922 | This monument stands in Marseille's place de la Corderie. Chevillon was killed fighting at Les Éparges in 1915. He was the mayor of Allauch and the parliamentary deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône. In Raybaud's composition, Chevillon stands feet apart whilst to his right an allegory of France pays hommage to him. A more modest monument by Reybaud can be seen in Allauch. |
War memorials
Name | Location | Date | Notes |
Auriol War memorial | Auriol | In Auriol's Cours de Verdun, a winged "angel of victory" stands on a pedestal, her arms aloft. In one hand she holds a crown of laurel and an olive branch in the other. | |
Trets War memorial | Trets | The memorial in Trets' place de la Mairie depicts an "angel of victory" in profile who carries a standard in one hand which appears to flutter in the wind. In the other hand she holds a crown. The original intention was to place a cockerel at the top of the monument but this had to be dropped through lack of funds. The angel wears a helmet and stands on a globe. | |
Aubagne War memorial | Aubagne | 1921 | This memorial with sculptures in Carrara marble stands in Aubagne's place du Maréchal-Foch. On the top of the pedestal the "angel of victory", her wings spread, holds aloft a crown of laurels. She towers above two soldiers who stand in poses of defiance their hands linked. One wears an "Adrian" helmet and the other the beret of a "chasseur alpin". This part of the memorial was sculpted by François Carli. Below the pedestal, a woman, an allegory for Aubagne, stands with a child and draws their attention to the inscriptions on the monument. To her right are several indications of a " new dawn" including a crowing cockerel and the rays of the rising sun. This section of the memorial was executed by Raybaud. |