Paul Dubois

{"Id":103,"Name":"Paul Dubois","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDUBOIS, PAUL\u003C/strong\u003E (1829-1905), French sculptor and painter, was born at Nogent-sur-Seine on the 18th of July 1829. He studied law to please his family, and art to please himself, and finally adopted the latter, and placed himself under Toussaint. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dubois went to Rome. His first contributions to the Paris Salon (1860) were busts of \u003Cu\u003EThe Countess de B.\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EA Child\u003C/u\u003E. For his first statues, \u003Cu\u003ESt John the Baptist\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003ENarcissus at the Bath\u003C/u\u003E (1863), he was awarded a medal of the second class. The statue of \u003Cu\u003EThe Infant St John\u003C/u\u003E, which had been modelled in Florence in 1860, was exhibited in Paris in bronze, and was acquired by the Luxemburg. \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=1492\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003EA Florentine Singer of the Fifteenth Century\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, one of the most popular statuettes in Europe, was shown in 1865; \u003Cu\u003EThe Virgin and Child\u003C/u\u003E appeared in the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867; \u003Cu\u003EThe Birth of Eve\u003C/u\u003E was produced in 1873, and was followed by striking busts of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=878\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EHenner\u003C/a\u003E, Dr Parrot, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=273\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPaul Baudry\u003C/a\u003E, Pasteur, Gounod and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=334\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBonnat\u003C/a\u003E, remarkable alike for life, vivacity, likeness, refinement and subtle handling. The chief work of Paul Dubois was \u003Cu\u003EThe Tomb of General Lamoricire\u003C/u\u003E in the cathedral of Nantes, a brilliant masterpiece conceived in the Renaissance spirit, with allegorical figures and groups representing Warlike Courage, Charity, Faith and Meditation, as well as has-reliefs and enrichments; the two first-named works were separately exhibited in the Salon of 1877. The medallions represent Wisdom, Hope, Justice, Force, Rhetoric, Prudence and Religion. The statue of the \u003Cu\u003EConstable Anne de Montmorency\u003C/u\u003E was executed for Chantilly, and that of \u003Cu\u003EJoan of Arc\u003C/u\u003E (1889) for the town of Reims. The Italian influence which characterized the earlier work of Dubois disappeared as his own individuality became clearly asserted. As a painter he restricted himself mainly to portraiture. \u003Cu\u003EMy Children\u003C/u\u003E (1876) being probably his most noteworthy achievement. His drawings and copies after the Old Masters are of peculiar excellence: they include \u003Cu\u003EThe Dead Christ\u003C/u\u003E (after \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2074\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ESebastiano del Piombo\u003C/a\u003E) and \u003Cu\u003EAdam and Eve\u003C/u\u003E (after \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=124\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ERaphael\u003C/a\u003E). In 1873 Dubois was appointed keeper of the Luxemburg Museum. He succeeded Guillaume as director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1878, and Perraud as member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Twice at the Salon he obtained the medal of honor (1865 and 1876), and once at the Universal Exhibition (1878). He also won numerous other distinctions, and was appointed grand cross of the Legion of Honor. He was made a member of several European orders, and in 1895 was elected an honorary foreign academician of the Royal Academy of London. He died at Paris in 1905.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DU/DUBOIS_PAUL.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":2}