Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
Illustration — Auguste Dumont, in 1829, by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay • Illustration — Statue de la colonne Vendôme Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (4 August 1801– 28 January 1884) was a French sculptor.
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Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
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- Born
- 1801
- Died
- 1884
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor · visual artist
- Known for
- Luigi Cherubini's tomb · Le Génie de la Liberté · General Jose de San Martin Memorial
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Illustration — Auguste Dumont, in 1829, by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay • Illustration — Statue de la colonne Vendôme Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont (4 August 1801– 28 January 1884) was a French sculptor.
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Biography
Biography
Auguste Dumont was born and died in Paris. He 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.
Works
Works
• Infant Bacchus Nurtured by the Nymph Leucothea (1830; Semur-en-Auxois, Musée Municipal) • Statue of Nicolas Poussin 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, Versailles)
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Identity and overview
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Buste de Jean d'Aumont, maréchal de France, sculpté par Dumont.
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Plâtre original conservé au musée de Semur-en-Auxois pour la statue en marbre exposée au jardin du Luxembourg à Paris
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- 1.Didier Rykner. « Exposition sur le à la galerie Talabardon & Gautier », dans La Tribune de l'Art, 8 décembre 2006. La Tribune de l'Art. 08-12-2006.
- 2.Dictionnaire de biographie française. Letouzey et Ané. 1970.
- 3.Dictionnaire universel illustré, biographique et bibliographique, de la France contemporaine : comprenant par ordre alphabétique la biographie de tous les français et alsaciens-lorrains marquants de l'époque actuelle, l'analyse des œuvres les plus célèbres…. L. Boulanger. 1885.
- 4.Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. C. Lacour. 1990.
- 5.Archives de Paris , acte de décès , année 1884 (vue 30/31). paris.fr via Internet Archive.
- 6.Registre journalier d'inhumation de Paris Montparnasse de 1884, en date du 30 janvier (page 13/31). paris.fr via Internet Archive.
- 7.https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/monument-a-buffon-montbard/ Notice] sur le site E.monument.net.
- 8.Base Joconde 000SC010711 Le Ciseleur
- 9.Base Joconde M5037000420 Le Forgeron, ou L'Architecture
- 10.Base Joconde M5037010677 Le Génie de la Liberté
- 11.Statue du prince Eugène Napoléon (de Beauharnais) par Augustin Dumont, inaugurée en août 1863 sur l'avenue Parmentier, Paris, XIe (d'après Lemoine, 2024) - Charles Marville Musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr.
- 12.La place Léon Blum. lartnouveau.com. 16 mars 2021.
- 13.« La plus grande gloire de notre village ». lanouvellerepublique.fr. 2020-01-19.
- 14.Site officiel des musées de Bourgogne
- 15.Salon de 1838, .
- 16.Un exemplaire en bronze est conservé à Excideuil.
- 17.De la série des Reines de France et Femmes illustres.
- 18.Exposition nationale des beaux-arts. L'Indépendance belge. 307. 1-2 lire en. 4 novembre 1851.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Thieme-Becker, 1907-1950.
- Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'École française au XIXe siècle, 4 vol., Paris, Honoré Champion, 1914-1921.
- L. de Jong, Y. Morel-Deckers, H. Verschaeren, D. Cardyn-Oomen, Beeldhouwwerken en assemblages 19de en 20ste eeuw, Anvers, 1986, p. 62.
- Pierre Kjellberg, Le Nouveau guide des statues de Paris, Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1988.
- Simone Hoog, préface de Jean-Pierre Babelon, avec la collaboration de Roland Brossard, Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I : Le musée, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993.
- Dictionnaire Bénézit, 1999.
- Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, Paris, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 2003, .
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