Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (4 August 1801, in

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– 28 January 1884, in Paris) was a French

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Biography

He was one of a long line of famous sculptors, the great-grandson of Pierre Dumont, son of

Jacques-Edme Dumont Jacques-Edme Dumont (April 10, 1761 in Paris – February 21, 1844 in Paris) was a French sculptor. Dumont came from a dynasty of sculptors that included his great-grandfather Pierre Dumont, grandfather François Dumont, father Edme Dumont and ...

and brother to the pianist and composer

Louise Farrenc Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber pieces and a ...

. In 1818, he started studies at the

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in Paris; he was a pupil of

Pierre Cartellier Pierre Cartellier (2 December 1757 – 12 June 1831) was a French sculptor. Biography Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan before attending the Académie Roya ...

. In 1823, he was awarded the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

for his sculptures, and went to study at the

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. In 1830, he returned to France. In 1853 he became a teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts. A disease kept him from working after 1875.

Práce

* ''Infant Bacchus Nurtured by the Nymph Leucothea'' (1830; Semur-en-Auxois, Musée Municipal) * Statue of

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for the ''Salle Ordinaire des Séances'' in the Palais de l'Institut de France, Paris (1835) * Statue of Maréchal Thomas Bugeaud de la Piconnerie (~1850; version,

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)

References

* Simone Hoog, (preface by Jean-Pierre Babelon, in collaboration with Roland Brossard), ''Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I- Le musée, Réunion des musées nationaux'', Paris, 1993 * Pierre Kjellberg, ''Le Nouveau guide des statues de Paris'', La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1988 * Emmanuel Schwartz, ''Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue'', École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003, p. 146

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1801 births 1884 deaths Artists from Paris Prix de Rome for sculpture Members of the Académie des beaux-arts École des Beaux-Arts alumni École des Beaux-Arts faculty 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub