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==