François Théodore Devaulx

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

François Théodore Devaulx
Born	(1808-09-15)September 15, 1808 Paris
Died	January 21, 1871(1871-01-21) (aged 62)
Nationality	French France
Education	École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris
Awards	Deuxième prix de Rome en sculpture de 1833

Biography

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.^[1] 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.^[1][2]

He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery 36th division.

Works

Public collections

• 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^[1]
• Général Bouscarin, musée du domaine national de Versailles^[3]
• Cavalier grec (1853) in stone, a statue installed on one of the pillars of the pont d'Iéna bridge in Paris.^[4]
• Mme Devaulx, sa femme, in the Petit Palais, fine arts museum of the city of Paris^[5]

Bibliography

• Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, tome 3, Gründ, 1976. p. 546.