Auguste Trémont
Auguste Nicolas Trémont (31 December 1892 – 23 October 1980) was a
medallist. He specialised in sculptures of animals, with a particular emphasis on big cats
.
Life
After spending his childhood in Luxembourg, Auguste Tremont moved to
Arbed president Aloyse Meyer
.
At the end of the war, Trémont returned to Paris where he studied at the
zoological gardens
, where he found the subjects that were to become his main area of specialization: animals. Later in his life, when asked why he chose to represent animals, he replied: “because it was the most difficult task”.
In 1924, Trémont made his first
monuments
for the victims of the war. He later returned to his wonderful detailed still life and oil paintings of flowers and portraits.
Tremont's work was made available to the public through the Ruhlmann art gallery, then later Edgar Brandt and Malesherbes art galleries. His work is also represented on numerous Luxembourgian stamps.
Major works
Works by Trémont adorn some of the most prominent buildings in his hometown of
World's Fairs
.
- 1924: Design of the steelworker (Feiersteppler) for the new Luxembourg 1 and 2 Francs coins.[1]
- 1924: Chimpanzee
- Panther, Couple of Royal Tigers
- 1926-1932: Black Panther, Turning Panther, Serval, Tiger, Elephant, Walking Tiger, Lion, Bison
- 2 lions (Luxembourg City town hall)
- 1932: Côté d'Ivoire Dwarf Buffalo
- Couple of Royal Tigers, Stag (purchased by the City of Paris)
- 1935: Miners (Luxembourgish pavilion of the Brussels World Fair)
- 1936: Religious scenes (Luxembourg Cathedral)
- 1937: Hind (Luxembourgish pavilion of the Paris World Fair)
- 1945: Liberation medal
- Monument to the Dead (Differdange)
- Monument to Dead Soldiers
Prizes
- 1918: Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe
References
Auguste Trémont, Le grand Animalier, in Les Cahiers luxembourgeois, 1993
Notes
- ^ L'apparition des pièces du type «Feiersteppler». "Cérémonie d'inauguration de la statue "Feiersteppler" de l'artiste Yvette Gastauer-Claire à la Banque centrale du Luxembourg" (in French). Luxembourg: Banque centrale du Luxembourg. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
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