Adrien Étienne Gaudez [SEP] occupation
Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Adrien Étienne Gaudez (2 February 1845 – 23 January 1902) was a French sculptor who worked in the 19th century. He produced several monumental figures that were cast in bronze. Gaudez studied sculpture under the tutelage of Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in 1870 was a prisoner of war during the Franco-Prussian War.
Early life and career.
Gaudez was born in Lyon, France, on 2 February 1845. He was a pupil of Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des
his students were Jean Dampt, Léopold Morice, Augustus Saint-Gaudensi, and Adrien Étienne Gaudez. Jouffroy died at Laval, Mayenne in 1882.