Théodore-Charles Gruyère (born 17 September 1813 in Paris, died in 1885) was a French sculptor. In 1836 as the pupil of

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. He hit notoriety in 1839 winning the

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. His other works are some busts, some statues of saints for several churches, including the sandstone statues in the Église Saint-Augustin de Paris (1865), the sculpture named ''Seated Indian'' (1865), the characters of the town of

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and

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on the front of the

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and a

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in the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruyere, Theodore-Charles 1813 births 1885 deaths Artists from Paris Prix de Rome for sculpture 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists