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DUBOIS, PAUL (1829-1905)

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DUBOIS, See also:PAUL (1829-1905) , See also:French sculptor and painter, was See also:born at Nogent-sur-See also:Seine on the 18th of See also:July 1829. He studied See also:law to please his See also:family, and See also:art to please himself, and finally adopted the latter, and placed himself under See also:Toussaint. After studying at the 1 See also:cole See also:des See also:Beaux-Arts, Dubois went to See also:Rome. His first contributions to the See also:Paris See also:Salon (186o) were busts of " The Countess de B." and " A See also:Child." For his first ,statues, " St See also:John the Baptist " and " See also:Narcissus at the See also:Bath " (1863), he was awarded a See also:medal of the second class. The statue of " The See also:Infant St John," which had been modelled in See also:Florence in 186o, was exhibited in Paris in See also:bronze, and was acquired by the See also:Luxemburg. "A Florentine See also:Singer of the Fifteenth See also:Century," one of the most popular statuettes in See also:Europe, was shown in 1865; " The Virgin and Child " appeared in the Paris Universal See also:Exhibition in 1867; " The See also:Birth of See also:Eve " was produced in 1873, and was followed by striking busts of See also:Henner, Dr See also:Parrot, Paul See also:Baudry, See also:Pasteur, See also:Gounod and See also:Bonnat, remark-able alike for See also:life, vivacity, likeness, refinement and subtle handling. The See also:chief See also:work of Paul Dubois was " The See also:Tomb of See also:General See also:Lamoriciere " in the See also:cathedral of See also:Nantes, a brilliant masterpiece conceived in the See also:Renaissance spirit, with allegorical figures and See also:groups representing Warlike Courage, Charity, Faith and Meditation, as well as bas-reliefs and enrichments; the two first-named See also:works were separately exhibited in the Salon of 1877. The medallions represent See also:Wisdom, See also:Hope, See also:Justice, Force, See also:Rhetoric, Prudence and See also:Religion. The statue of the " See also:Constable See also:Anne de See also:Montmorency " was executed for See also:Chantilly, and that of " See also:Joan of Arc " (1889) for the See also:town of See also:Reims. The See also:Italian See also:influence which characterized the earlier work of Dubois disappeared as his own individuality became clearly asserted. As a painter he restricted himself mainly to See also:portraiture. " My See also:Children " (1876) being probably his most noteworthy achievement.

His drawings and copies after the Old Masters are of See also:

peculiar excellence: they include " The Dead See also:Christ " (after See also:Sebastian del Piombo) and " See also:Adam and Eve " (after See also:Raphael). In 1873 Dubois was appointed keeper of the Luxemburg Museum. He succeeded See also:Guillaume as director of the 1 cole des Beaux-Arts, 1878, and Perraud as member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Twice at the Salon he obtained the medal of See also:honour (1865 and 1876), and once at the Universal Exhibition (1878). He also won numerous other distinctions, and was appointed See also:grand See also:cross of the See also:Legion of Honour. He was made a member of several See also:European orders, and in 1895 was elected an honorary See also:foreign academician of the Royal See also:Academy of See also:London. He died at Paris in 1905.

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