Gabriel Thomas
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Gabriel-Jules Thomas | |
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 Portrait of 1854 by William Bouguereau | |
| Born | 10 September 1824 Paris, France |
| Died | 8 March 1905 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Known for | Sculpture, painting |
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Gabriel-Jules Thomas (10 September 1824 – 8 March 1905) was a French sculptor, born in Paris.
Thomas entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1841[1] and in 1848 won the Prix de Rome[1] in the sculpture category with his Philoctète partant pour le siège de Troie ("Philoctetes Leaves for the Siege of Troy") in plaster.[citation needed] This piece was briefly displayed in New York City at the Dahesh Museum of Art for their 2005–2006 exhibition entitled "The Legacy of Homer".[citation needed] It is normally kept at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[citation needed]
He later taught at the Ecole. Among his students were Gaston Lachaise and American sculptor, August Zeller.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]He debuted at the Salon in 1857 and won a bronze medal in 1861.[2] He received a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1867, another at the Exposition Universelle of 1878 and a medal of honour in 1880.[2]
Works
[edit]- Virgil, 1861, marble, Paris, Musée d'Orsay
- Mademoiselle Mars, plaster, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
- The Stoning of St. Stephen, the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, 1863
- Frankfurt, 1864–1865, stone, Paris, façade for the Gare du Nord train station
- Bust of Augustin Dumont, bronze, 1877, Pont-Audemer, Musée Alfred Canel
- Memorial to Baron Taylor, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, circa 1879
Tympanum, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, 1863
Orphée (1854), Paris, Cour Carrée, Louvre Palace
References
[edit]- 1 2 Ward-Jackson, Philip (1996). "Thomas, Gabriel-Jules"], vol. 30, pp. 743–744, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. London: Macmillan. Online reprint (2003), Oxford Art Online (subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required).
- 1 2 "Thomas, Gabriel Jules", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, vol. 13, p. 877.
External links
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- "photographs of several works". insecula. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
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