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Augustin-Alexandre Dumont

French sculptor (1801–1884) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
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Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (French pronunciation: [oɡystɛ̃ alɛksɑ̃dʁ dymɔ̃]), known as Auguste Dumont (4 August 1801, Paris – 28 January 1884, Paris) was a French sculptor.

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Auguste Dumont, in 1829, by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
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Statue de la colonne Vendôme

Biography

Auguste Dumont was one of a long line of famous sculptors, the great-grandson of Pierre Dumont, son of Jacques-Edme Dumont, and the brother to pianist and composer Louise Farrenc. In 1818, he started studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Pierre Cartellier. In 1823, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his sculptures, and went to study at the French Academy in Rome.

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.

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Works

References

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The Genius of Liberty (1833) topping the July Column in Paris
  • 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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