Background
Paul Dubois was born on the 18 July 1829 in Nogent-sur-Seine, France.
Paul Dubois was born on the 18 July 1829 in Nogent-sur-Seine, France.
Paul Dubois attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
When making his debut at the Paris Salon in 1857 Paul Dubois did so under the name Dubois-Pigalle. In 1858 he entered the atelier of Armand Toussaint at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. The following year he travelled to Rome, studying and copying the many great sculptures and mixed with the likes of Henri Chapu, Alexandre Falguière and Georges Bizet.
As an artist Paul Dubois did not have to struggle with financial problems as his family supported all his studies.
He stayed in Rome for 4 years and whilst in Rome he executed the works Saint Jean-Baptiste and Narcisse and, in 1863, was awarded "une médaille de 2° classe" by the Paris Salon for work sent to Paris from Rome. When he returned to France he completed the study of a young troubadour, Chanteur florentin du XVe siècle, a work which was to bring him such popular success.
In 1865 and 1876, Paul Dubois was awarded a médaille d"honneur at the Salon des beaux-arts His success was not limited to sculpture and as a painter he was in much demand for portraits and after 1870 he gave as much time and effort to his painting as to his sculpture.
Dubois died from pneumonia in 1905. This museum was established by Dubois and Alfred Boucher and holds information relating to Dubois.