Ferdinand Barbedienne

thumb|right|Ferdinand Barbedienne's tombstone in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. 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. 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 External links Category:Sculptors from France Category:Mechanical engineers Category:Inventors Category:Engineers from France Category:Anti-war activists Category:Activists from France Category:Pacifists Category:Philanthropists Category:1810 births Category:1892 deaths