Paul Gayrard
Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard (born September 3, 1807 in Clermont-Ferrand , † July 22, 1855 in Enghien-les-Bains ) was a French sculptor .
Life
As the son of the sculptor Raymond Gerard, he was tutored by his father before he received further training from François Rude and Pierre Jean David d'Angers . Gayrard initially created mainly portrait busts and statuettes , which were exhibited in the Paris Salon from 1827 to 1855 . Of these, busts of the famous physicians Pierre Fidèle Bretonneau and Armand Trousseau are in the Museum of Tours . A bust of the Italian ballet dancer Fanny Cerrito is in the Museum of the Paris Opera . He created four evangelists for the Paris church of Ste-Clotilde .
Works (excerpt)
- Portrait bust of an unknown young man, cast bronze , 24 × 18.5 × 56 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
- 4 Evangelists, Ste-Clotilde, Paris
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 52.
- Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1920, Volume 13, p. 305 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ilse Krumpöck: Die Bildwerke im Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 2004, p. 52.
- ↑ Ulrich Thieme (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Leipzig 1920, Volume 13, p. 305 f.
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| SURNAME | Gayrard, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gayrard, Paul Joseph Raymond (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1855 |
| Place of death | Enghien-les-Bains |