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GUSTAVE CRAUCK (1827-1905)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 382 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRAUCK (1827-1905)  , See also:French sculptor, was See also:born and died at See also:Valenciennes, where a See also:special museum for his See also:works was erected in his See also:honour . Though little known to the See also:world at large during his See also:long See also:life, he ranks among the best See also:modern sculptors of See also:France . At See also:Paris his " See also:Coligny " See also:monument is in the See also:rue de Rivoli; his " Victory " in the See also:Place See also:des Arts et Metiers; and " See also:Twilight " in the See also:Avenue de 1'Observatoire . Among his finest works is his " Combat du Centaure," on which he was engaged for See also:thirty years, the figure of the Lapith having been modelled after the See also:athlete, See also:Eugene Sandow . In 1907 an See also:exhibition of his works was held in the Ecole des See also:Beaux-Arts .

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