French sculptor
Genius of Navigation , Toulon
Louis-Joseph Daumas (1801–1887) was a French sculptor and medallist.
Born in Toulon , Daumas was admitted into the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1826,[ 1] and entered the atelier of David d'Angers .[ 2]
Daumas's work includes:
Genius of Navigation , bronze statue of French Admiral Jules de Cuverville with four bas-reliefs on the base, port of Toulon, 1847, reconstructed after its destruction in World War II
exterior statue of François Eudes de Mézeray , Cour Napoléon in the Louvre , Paris, prior to 1853
Roman cavalier and his horse, on the left bank of the Pont d'Iéna , Paris, 1853
equestrian statue of José de San Martín in the Plaza San Martín of Buenos Aires , 1862, with copies at the Parque del Oeste in Madrid , Central Park in New York City , and Parc Montsouris in Paris and in Washington, D.C., United States
equestrian sculpture at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum , Istanbul , 1864[citation needed ]