François Théodore Devaulx, or Théodore-François Devaulx, (September 15, 1808 – January 21, 1871) was a French sculptor.
Biography
In 1823, Devaulx was a student of Jules Ramey (1796 - 1852) at the École des beaux-arts de Paris. 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.Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, tome 3, Gründ, 1976.
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 Général Bouscarin, musée du domaine national de Versailles Cavalier grec (1853) in stone, a statue installed on one of the pillars of the pont d'Iéna bridge in Paris. Mme Devaulx, sa femme, in the Petit Palais, fine arts museum of the city of Paris
Bibliography Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, tome 3, Gründ, 1976. .
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