Raymond Gayrard

Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard (3 September 1807 – 22 July 1855) was a French sculptor.

He studied at an early age under his sculptor/engraver father Raymond Gayrard, and was a student of François Rude as well as David d'Angers.

He was very successful among the more wealthy of French high society and executed many busts of the more notables of the day, but had a considerable talent for animal modeling.

Also in 1848 his bronze of a 'Reclining Deerhound', thought to be first viewed when in plaster at the Salon in 1846, was particularly striking.

His monumental works include the four evangelists for the Sainte Clotide Basilica in Paris.