Adrien Étienne Gaudez

Adrien Étienne Gaudez studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under François Jouffroy is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Work by Adrien Étienne Gaudez is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Vanderbilt Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Adrien Étienne Gaudez • Birth Name — Adrien Étienne Gaudez • Born — 2 February 1845 • Birthplace — Lyon, France • Died — 23 January 1902 • Place of death — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Field — Sculpture • Training — École des Beaux-Arts • Movement — Classical sculpture Art Nouveau • Works — Memorial statue of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet Monumental statue of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

• Illustration — The signature of Adrien Étienne Gaudez Gaudez was born in Lyon, France, on 2 February 1845. He was a pupil of Francois Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1862. He made his debut at the Paris Salon of 1864. Gaudez worked almost exclusively in bronze and he produced a wide array of sculptures, ranging from genre subjects to military and patriotic themes. His earlier work was mostly of a classical nature but in the latter part of his career he produced some sculpture that can be categorized as Art Nouveau.

He was a prisoner of war in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Having first-hand knowledge of the war, he executed a statue in memory of the French prisoners held in Magdeburg by the Prussian forces. The statue was erected in the city's cemetery. He participated in the Paris Salon of 1878 with the plaster sculpture titled Jupiter's Childhood.

• Illustration — A bronze bust of a Victorian era woman by Gaudez, c. 1880 Included among the most recognizable known works of Gaudez are the following: • Florian monument, Alès • Memorial of the Franco-Prussian War, the dead of Remiremont County, opened by Raymond Poincaré, then Minister of Public Instruction in 1892 • Hebe statue in Neuilly-sur-Seine • Antoine-Augustin Parmentier statue, Neuilly-sur-Seine • Memorial statue of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet • Glory to the Job – Gloire au travail, 1890 • The Return of the Swallows – Le retour des hirondelles • The Law – Le Devoir • Ferronnier XIV=Siecle • Allegory of Science and Literature • Bust of Louis Pasteur • Statuette of Mozart playing the violin • Lully as a child, 1885, plaster model, Petit Palais, Paris

• Illustration — Monumental statue of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet • Illustration — Memorial statue of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier • Illustration — Lully as a child - 1885 Plaster model - Petit Palais - Paris