Gustave Crauck
Illustration — Vauban by Crauck, Cour Napoléon of the Palais du Louvre Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauck (or Crauk; 16 July 1827 – 17 November 1905) was a French sculptor with a long distinguished career. He was born and died in Valenciennes, where a special museum for his works was erected in his honor. Educated at the École des Beaux-Arts, Crauck took the Prix de Rome in 1851.
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Gustave Crauck
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- Full name
- Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk.
- Born
- 1827. · Valenciennes.
- Died
- 1905.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
- Known for
- Edmond About's tomb, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and The Fight of the Centaur.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Vauban by Crauck, Cour Napoléon of the Palais du Louvre Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauck (or Crauk; 16 July 1827 – 17 November 1905) was a French sculptor with a long distinguished career. He was born and died in Valenciennes, where a special museum for his works was erected in his honor. Educated at the École des Beaux-Arts, Crauck took the Prix de Rome in 1851.
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Recorded at birth as Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk. Born at Valenciennes in 1827, died in Meudon in 1905.
Gustave Crauck studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Edmond About's tomb, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and The Fight of the Centaur. Work by Gustave Crauck is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Musée Carnavalet. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
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- 1.Histoire des collections - Musée de Valenciennes. musee.valenciennes.fr.
- 2.Archives des Hauts-de-Seine, commune de Meudon, acte de décès , année 1905 (pages 88 et 89 / 107)
- 3.Martine Kaczmarek, La Voix du Nord, 15 novembre 2009, .
- 4.« La tombe de Gustave Crauk », de-la-note-a-la-plume.over-blog.com.
- 5.« Monument au maréchal Valée – Brienne-le-Château », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 6.« Monument à Jules Marmottan – Bruay-la-Buissière », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 7.« Monument to Cardinal Giraud », notice sur Art & Architecture.
- 8.« Monument au général Chanzy – Le Mans », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 9.« Monument to General Chanzy and the 2nd Army of the Loire », notice sur Art & Architecture.
- 10.« Monument au maréchal Niel – Muret », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 11.« Tombe de Léon Philippe Béclard – cimetière du Père Lachaise – Paris », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 12.Va-info.com.
- 13.« Tritons », notice sur musee-orsay.fr.
- 14.« Jet d’eau ou Fontaine du bassin Soufflot – Place Edmond-Rostand – Paris », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 15.Notice sur le site oratoiredulouvre.fr
- 16.« Monument à Montalivet – Sancerre », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 17.« Louis-Achille, comte Baraguey d'Hilliers, maréchal de France », notice sur frenchsculpture.org.
- 18.« Monument à Abel de Pujol – Valenciennes », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 19.« Maquette pour le tombeau de Jules Machard, neveu de l'artiste », notice sur art.rmngp.fr
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