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Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Raymond Gayrard
- Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard (3 September 1807 – 1855) was French sculptor born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He studied at an early age under his sculptor/engraver father Raymond Gayrard, and was a student of Francois Rude as well as David d'Angers. Gayrard first exhibited his works at the Salon in 1827 and continued to submit works throughout his lifetime winning a Second class medal in 1834 and a First Class Medal in 1846 and 1848.
- His last recorded exhibit was in 1855.
- He was very successful among the more wealthy of French high society and executed many busts of the more notables of the day, but had a considerable talent for animal modeling.
- His known bronze animal models date from the years 1846 until 1848 with his powerful plaster of a 'Harness Horse' exhibited at the Salon in 1847 and submitted again in 1848 in bronze.
- Also in 1848 his bronze of a 'Reclining Deerhound', thought to be first viewed when in plaster at the Salon in 1846, was particularly striking.
- One of his other animals groups titled 'The Monkey Steeplechase' is a rather humorous and whimsical subject done in a similar vain to Christophe Fratin's bronzes of humanized animals. His monumental works include the four evangelists for the Sainte Clotide Basilica in Paris.
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