Louis-Joseph Daumas
Illustration — Genius of Navigation, Toulon Louis-Joseph Daumas (1801–1887) was a French sculptor and medallist. Louis-Joseph Daumas was born in Toulon, Daumas was admitted into the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1826, and entered the atelier of David d'Angers. Daumas's work includes: • Genius of Navigation, bronze statue of French Admiral Jules de Cuverville with four bas-reliefs on the base, port of Toulon, 1847, reconstructed after its destruction in World War II • exterior statue of François Eudes de Mézeray, Cour Napoléon in the Louvre, Paris, prior to 1853 • Roman cavalier and his horse, on the left bank of the Pont d'Iéna, Paris, 1853 • equestrian statue of José de San Martín in the Plaza San Martín of Buenos Aires, 1862, with copies at the Parque del Oeste in Madrid, Central Park in New York City, and Parc Montsouris in Paris and in Washington, D.C, United States • equestrian sculpture at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 1864
Louis-Joseph Daumas
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- Born
- 1801 · Toulon.
- Died
- 1887 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Known for
- François Eudes de Mézeray · Equestrian statue of José de San Martín
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Genius of Navigation, Toulon Louis-Joseph Daumas (1801–1887) was a French sculptor and medallist. Louis-Joseph Daumas was born in Toulon, Daumas was admitted into the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1826, and entered the atelier of David d'Angers. Daumas's work includes: • Genius of Navigation, bronze statue of French Admiral Jules de Cuverville with four bas-reliefs on the base, port of Toulon, 1847, reconstructed after its destruction in World War II • exterior statue of François Eudes de Mézeray, Cour Napoléon in the Louvre, Paris, prior to 1853 • Roman cavalier and his horse, on the left bank of the Pont d'Iéna, Paris, 1853 • equestrian statue of José de San Martín in the Plaza San Martín of Buenos Aires, 1862, with copies at the Parque del Oeste in Madrid, Central Park in New York City, and Parc Montsouris in Paris and in Washington, D.C, United States • equestrian sculpture at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 1864
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Born at Toulon in 1801, died in Paris in 1887.
Louis-Joseph Daumas studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are François Eudes de Mézeray and Equestrian statue of José de San Martín. Work by Louis-Joseph Daumas is recorded in the collections of Centre national des arts plastiques and Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Statue of Jean Gautier by Louis-Joseph Daumas on the façade of the chapel of the former Chalucet Hospital in Toulon. In 1853, the municipality commissioned Daumas to create a statue to adorn the façade of the new chapel, and it was Daumas himself who suggested sculpting the clergyman Jean de Gautier, who had enabled the construction of this hospital by bequeathing part of his estate upon his death
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