Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois, also Étienne Gois le père, (1 January 1731 – 3 February 1823) was a French sculptor.

Biography

Gois initially studied under Étienne Jeaurat, then went into the workshop of

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. He won the first grand prize for sculpture in 1757, on a

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with the subject ''Tullie faisant enlever les morts''. The prize money allowed Gois to travel to

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. At the end of his stay at

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, he executed a bust of ''la Douleur'' (Pain), a work that was presented three years later at the

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to great success. Returning from Rome where he had fruitful studies, on 26 October 1765, he became an associate of the

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, graduating on 23 February 1770. On 27 July 1776 the academy appointed Gois assistant professor. He was then appointed Professor on 7 July 1781, replacing Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (the Elder). In 1788 he gave the academy a model he carefully executed of a flayed horse. He trained his son

Edme-François-Étienne Gois Edme-François-Étienne Gois, also Étienne Gois le fils, (1765–1836) was a French sculptor. Born in Paris, Gois was the son of the sculptor Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois, with whom he initially trained. He then attended the École des Beaux-Arts ...

who also became a sculptor. Among his students was also Josef Benedikt Kuriger.

References

* Simone Hoog (preface by Jean-Pierre Babelon, in collaboration with Roland Brossard), National Museum of Versailles. Sculptures. I-The museum, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1993. * Ferdinand Hoefer, New General Biography, vol. 21, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1858, p. 86. 1731 births 1823 deaths 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors Sculptors from Paris 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub