Jacques-Edme Dumont (April 10, 1761 in

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– February 21, 1844 in Paris) was a French

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Dumont came from a dynasty of sculptors that included his great-grandfather Pierre Dumont, grandfather François Dumont, father

Edme Dumont Edme Dumont (1720–1775) was a French sculptor. Dumont was born into a family of sculptors: his father was François Dumont, his grandfather Pierre Dumont. He received his first lessons from his father, and was admitted to the Académie royal ...

and son Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. He was a pupil of Augustin Pajou, and in 1788 he won the

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. From 1788 to 1793, he lived in Italy, after which he returned to his native France, in the hope a commission from the

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during the

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. However he secured no such commission, and began producing small statuettes and medallions for sale. Later, he received commissions for statues of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert. During the Bourbon Restoration, Dumont made a monument to

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(1819) and a statue of French general Charles Pichegru, which has since been destroyed. Dumont was a great portrait sculptor as well, notable examples of his work including a bust of his mother, Marie-Françoise Berthault, and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma and wife of

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(1810). He was also the father of virtuoso pianist, teacher 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 ...

(née Jeanne-Louise Dumont).

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* 1761 births 1844 deaths French sculptors French male sculptors Prix de Rome for sculpture {{France-sculptor-stub