François Théodore Devaulx
François Théodore Devaulx, or Théodore-François Devaulx, (September 15, 1808 – January 21, 1871) was a French sculptor.
François Théodore Devaulx

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- Name
- François Théodore Devaulx
- Born
- 15 September 1808
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 21 January 1871
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris
- Awards
- Deuxième prix de Rome en sculpture de 1833
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Known for
- Le Cavalier grec (The Greek Horseman)
- Languages
- French
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François Théodore Devaulx, or Théodore-François Devaulx, (September 15, 1808 – January 21, 1871) was a French sculptor.
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• Name — François Théodore Devaulx • Born — 15 September 1808 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 21 January 1871 • Education — École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris • Awards — Deuxième prix de Rome en sculpture de 1833
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• Illustration — Amphitrite (1866), façade nord de la cour Carrée du palais du Louvre à Paris. In 1823, Devaulx was a student of Jules Ramey (1796 - 1852) at the École des beaux-arts de Paris. He received the a second prize at the prix de Rome in 1833. He participated in the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member, from 1845 to 1870. He received a third class medal at the Salon of 1849. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery 36th division.
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• Esquisse pour le concours de sculpture de la République (1848), Château de Nemours • Amphitrite (1866), façade nord de la cour Carrée du palais du Louvre à Paris • Général Bouscarin, musée du domaine national de Versailles • Cavalier grec (1853) in stone, a statue installed on one of the pillars of the pont d'Iéna bridge in Paris. • Mme Devaulx, sa femme, in the Petit Palais, fine arts museum of the city of Paris

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