Beschreibung
Bronze sculpture depicting the bust of French chemist Jean Baptiste André Dumas. Signed by French sculptor Eug. Guillaume". Finalized one year bedore Dumas'd death. Size: ca. 38 x 30 cm. Weight: 5,290 kg. Jean Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) was a well-known French chemist, renowned for his work on modern organic analysis and on the atomic and molecular weight determination through measuring vapor density. The term Choloroform" was coined by him. After being an apprentice in a pharmacy in Ales, Dumas moved to Geneva where he studied under Marc-Auguste Pictet, Charles-Gaspard de la Rive and Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Before reaching the age of 18, he was already working with Swiss physician Pierre Prévost. At 22, he moved to Paris and became a chemistry professor. Ten years later, he enters the French Academy of Sciences, where he will serve as permanent secretary for the Physical Sciences department until his death in 1884. Later in his life he joins other prestigious scientifical institutions, such as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. After reaching the age of 48, he trades scientifical work for administrative and ministerial roles under the reign of Napoleon III. He occupied the role of Minister of agriculture and commerce briefly in 1850-1851 and went on to become senator and president of the Paris municipal council. His political career comes to an end around 1870, with the abrupt fall of the Second French Empire. J. B. Dumas died in Cannes in 1884 and was buried in the Parisian cemetery of Montparnasse. He is one of the 72 scientists, engineers, and mathematicians whose names are inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. Eugène Guillaume (1822-1905) was a 19th century French sculptor and a reputable writer and art critic, especially on matters of classic sculpture and architecture and the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Montbard, on the French Cote-d'Or and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1841. He won the Pris de Rome in 1845 for his sculpture Theseus Discovering His Father s Sword beneath a Rock which won him a five-year residency in the Villa Medici. Various works by him are found in famous public spaces or renowned museums in Reims, Dijon, Luxembourg, the Versailles Museum, the Sorbonne Library, Trinity Church, Musee d'Orsay, etc. ---------------------------------- Sculpture en bronze représentant le buste du chimiste français Jean Baptiste André Dumas. Signé par le sculpteur français Eug. Guillaume". Finalisé un an avant la mort de Dumas. Taille : env. 38 x 30 cm. Poids : 5 290 kg. Jean Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) était un chimiste français bien connu, réputé pour ses travaux sur l'analyse organique moderne et sur la détermination du poids atomique et moléculaire par la mesure de la densité de vapeur. Le terme «choloroforme» a été inventé par lui. Après avoir été apprenti dans une pharmacie à Ales, Dumas s'installe à Genève où il étudie auprès de Marc-Auguste Pictet, Charles-Gaspard de la Rive et du botaniste suisse Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Avant d'atteindre l'âge de 18 ans, il travaillait déjà avec le médecin suisse Pierre Prévost. A 22 ans, il s'installe à Paris et devient professeur de chimie. Dix ans plus tard, il entre à l'Académie française des sciences, où il sera secrétaire permanent du département des sciences physiques jusqu'à sa mort en 1884. Plus tard dans sa vie, il rejoint d'autres institutions scientifiques prestigieuses, telles que l'Académie royale des sciences de Suède, l'Académie royale des arts et des sciences des Pays-Bas et l'American Philosophical Society. Après avoir atteint l'âge de 48 ans, il troque le travail scientifique pour des fonctions administratives et ministérielles sous le règne de Napoléon III. Il occupe brièvement le poste de ministre de l'agriculture et du commerce en 1850-1851 puis devient sénateur et président du conseil municipal de Paris. Sa carrière. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 242312
Verkäufer kontaktieren
Diesen Artikel melden
