Augustin-Alexandre Dumont

Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, known as Auguste Dumont was a French sculptor.

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.

Works

Infant Bacchus Nurtured by the Nymph Leucothea
Statue of Nicolas Poussin for the Salle Ordinaire des Séances in the Palais de l'Institut de France, Paris
Statue of Maréchal Thomas Bugeaud de la Piconnerie