Gabriel-Jules Thomas (10 September 1824 – 8 March 1905) was a French sculptor, born in Paris.
Thomas entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1841Ward-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 . and in 1848 won the Prix de Rome in the sculpture category with his Philoctète partant pour le siège de Troie ("Philoctetes Leaves for the Siege of Troy") in plaster. 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". It is normally kept at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
He later taught at the Ecole. Among his students were Gaston Lachaise and American sculptor, August Zeller.
Awards He debuted at the Salon in 1857 and won a bronze medal in 1861."Thomas, Gabriel Jules", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, vol. 13, p. 877. 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.
Works
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
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