Armand Toussaint

The French sculptor François Christophe Armand Toussaint was born in Paris on April 7, 1806, and died there on May 24, 1862.

The son of a locksmith, Armand Toussaint entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1827 and studied under David d'Angers.

As well as working on his own projects, Toussaint was professor of sculpture at the École des Beaux Arts and carried out several official and church commissions.

Around 1850 he was included among those working in Notre Dame de Paris to restore sculptures destroyed during the French Revolution.

[1] A well known work of his in the United States is the statue of Persephone located in Indianapolis, created around 1840.