Gustave Crauck

Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauck (or Crauk; 16 July 1827 – 17 November 1905) was a French sculptor with a long distinguished career.

[1] Educated at the École des Beaux-Arts, Crauck took the Prix de Rome in 1851.

Little known to the world at large during his long life, he ranks among the best modern sculptors of France.

Among his finest works is his Combat du Centaure, on which he was engaged for thirty years, the figure of the Lapith having been modelled after the strongman, Eugen Sandow.

[1] He also sculpted the monuments of Jules-Auguste Béclard and Edmond About among several of his works at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.