Ferdinand Barbedienne

Ferdinand Barbedienne (August 6, 1810 – March 21, 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. He was the founder of the Maison Barbedienne.

Ferdinand Barbedienne's tombstone in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Quotes about Ferdinand Barbedienne

• I must add that Albertine greatly admired at home a large bronze of Barbedienne.
  • Marcel Proust, as quoted in The prisoner, Éditions Thélème (1923), p. 218, ISBN 978-2-87862-529-5

• Do you want me to tell you how this is going? The guy suffocates, he sinks, he drowns, only his eyes are out of the water and what does he see? A bronze from Barbedienne.
  • Jean-Paul Sartre, as quoted in No Exit (1944) by Éditions Gallimard, 1 Act, p. 16, ISBN 2-07-036807-6

• Because beyond hell, it is in any salon, with bronze of Barbedienne or not, that the suffering is: as soon as other people see clearly in the game of the human being.
  • Jean-Paul Sartre, as quoted in No Exit (1944) by Éditions Gallimard, 1 Act, ISBN 2-07-036807-6

• dear Bernard, with his two bronzes of Barbedienne and his wedding crown in orange blossom that stands on the mantelpiece...
  • Raymond Queneau, as quoted in Un rude hiver (1939) by Éditions Gallimard, chap. XI, p. 972, ISBN 2070253058