{{Short description|Danish painter}} {{More citations needed|article|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox artist | name = Louis Aumont | image = Louis Aumont 1865 by Wilhelm Jensen.jpg | imagesize = | caption =Aymont in 1865 | birth_name = Herman Albert Gude Wedel | birth_date = {{birth date|1805|1|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1879|5|6|1805|1|7}} | death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | field = Painting | training = Royal Danish Academy of Art | movement = | works = | URL = | patrons = | awards = }}
'''Louis Auguste François Aumont''' (7 January 1805 – 6 May 1879) was a French-Danish portrait painter.
==Early life and education== Aumont was born on 7 January 1805 in Copenhagen, the son of Jean Pierre Marie Aumont (c. 1775–1845) and Anna Elisabeth de Jenty (1783–1852).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=454&wsektion=genealogi|title=Louis Aumont: Genealogi|language=Danish|website=Kunstindeks Danmark|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref> His father was assistant bookkeeper in the Bank of Denmark and a major in the Civil Guard (''Borgervæbningen''). Aumont was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1820 where he studied portrait painting under Hans Hansen and C. W. Eckersberg. He won the small silver medal in 1824 and the large silver medal in 1826. He unsuccessfully tried to obtain a stipend from the academy to continue his education in Paris but his plans were instead realized with economic support from Prince Christian Frederik and A. W. Moltke. In Paris, he worked in Antoine-Jean Gros' studio. The works that he sent home were well received, for instance by Niels Laurits Høyen, so that he could finally obtain the approval from the academy needed to get a government stipend.<ref name="DBL">{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Louis_Aumont|title=Louis Aumont|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Career== After his return to Copenhagen in 1829, he immediately made a name for himself as a celebrated portrait painter and received a number of commissions from the royal court.<ref name="DBL"/>
In 1832, he unsuccessfully tried to become an associated member (''agreeret'') of the art academy with a painting of colonel-lieutenant Hagedorn's children. The next year, when he made another attempt, this time with a portrait of Johanne Louise Heibergs, he was again rejected. He responded by selling his paintings and moving to Hamburg in 1834 (citizenship in 1839). The Great Fire of Hamburg in 1842 made him return to Copenhagen. It was a struggle for him to make ends meet and in 1847 he travelled to the Danish West Indies. In 1853, he was employed as intendent and ship's cook on the naval brig ''Mercurius''. He remained in the service of the navy in other ships until 1865. In 1858–59, he was back in Paris. In 1824–44, Aumont exhibited a total of 82 paintings at Charlottenborg. In 1827, he exhibited a portrait painting at the salon in Paris.<ref name="DBL"/>
<!-- Commenting this out until it's translated. Konferensrådinde Frølich (1837) på Kunstmuseet, Marquis de Massilian i Montpellier, Aug. Bournonville på Det kgl. teater, professor Claus Schall og hustru på Teatermuseet. Endelig findes portrætter af A. i privateje, således H. E. Freund (Klintholm) og kunstnerens hustru (tidl. Johan Hansens samling). A.s små portrætter kan stå ganske højt ved deres gode tegning, finhed i farveholdningen, et liv i karakteristikken og en friskhed i opfattelsen som er ret usædvanlig herhjemme på den tid, men hans store og officielle portrætmalerier bliver stive, tørre og gennemdetaljerede. <ref name="DBL"/>--> Aumont participated in the Second Schleswig War and was wounded in the Battle of Sankelmark. He died in Copenhagen on 6 May 1879.
==Personal life== On 6 October 1832, Aumont married Vilhelmine Bernhardine Paasch (1812–1894). She was the daughter of second lieutenant Joachim Barner Paasch (ca. 1790–1827) and Helene Marie Paust (c. 1793–1851). Louis Aumont was the father of flower painter Horace Aumont and the paternal uncle of theatre historian Arthur Aynont.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Arthur_Aumont|title=Arthur Aumont|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Selected works== * ''Arveprinsesse Caroline'' (1830, Rosenborg) * ''Princess Wilhelmine'' (1831, Rosenborg) * ''Queen Caroline Amalie'' (1830, Rosenborg) * ''Christian VIII'' (1831, Rosenborg) * ''Christian VIII'' (1834, Frederiksborg Museum) * ''Konferensrådinde Frølich'' (1837, Danish National Gallery) * ''Marquis de Massilian'' (Montpellier) * ''August Bournonville'' (Royal Danish Theatre) * ''Professor Claus Schall og hustru'' (Teatermuseet) * ''H. E. Freund'' (Klintholm) * ''The Artist's Wife'' (formerly Johan Hansens's art collection)
== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed heights=200px> File:Johannes Eilert Steenfeldt by Louis Aumont.jpg|''Johannes Eilert Steenfeldt'' File:Antoine Bournonville by Louis Auguste Francois Aumont.jpg|''Antoine Bournonville'' File:August Bournonville (1828 painting).jpg|''August Bournonville'' (1828) File:Niels Petersen by Aumont.jpg|''Niels Petersen'' File:Louis Auguste François Aumont - Dronning Caroline Amalie fra Danmark.jpg|''Caroline Amalie'' File:Claus Schall by Louis Aumont.jpg|''Claus Schall'' File:Christian Waagepetersen (1829).png|''Christian Waagepetersen'' (1829) </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Louis Aumont}} * [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=454&wsektion=alle Louis Aumont] at Kunstindeks Danmark
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