Auguste Dumont
(1801–1884) fransk skulptör
Auguste Dumont (France, 1801–1884) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Auguste Dumont belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Auguste Dumont was born in Paris and died in quai de Conti. Auguste Dumont trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Auguste Dumont studied under Pierre Cartellier. Auguste Dumont worked in Rome. Auguste Dumont became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Aristide Croisy, Léon-Alexandre Delhomme, Charles-Edouard Maugendre-Villers, and Georges Récipon.
The best-known works include ‘Luigi Cherubini's tomb’, ‘Le Génie de la Liberté’, and ‘General Jose de San Martin Memorial’. The catalogue has one work by Auguste Dumont with a free image. The dated work is from 1846.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred d'Orsay, Victor Vincent Adam, Johann Karl Baehr, Michelangelo Grigoletti, and Eduard Gaertner.