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Dubois (surname)
Dubois (also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French ''of the woods/forest'') is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Clergy *Florent du Bois de La Villerabel (1877-1951), French archbishop *Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), French cardinal and statesman * Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India *John Dubois (1764–1842), also Jean, French Catholic missionary in Virginia and Appalachians, third bishop of New York *Louis-Ernest Dubois (1856–1929), Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Paris Composers *Alexandra du Bois (born 1981), American composer * Charles-Victor Dubois (1832–1869), Belgian composer and harmonium player *Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995), classical composer * R. Luke DuBois, American composer and visual artist *Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator Military people *Adolphe DuBois d'Aische (1874-1958), Belgian World War I flying ace *Jean Dubois de Gennes (1895-192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florent Du Bois De La Villerabel
Florent Michel Marie Joseph du Bois de La Villerabel (29 September 1877 in St. Brieuc – 7 February 1951 in St. Brieuc), archbishop of Aix, Arles and Embrun (1940–1944), was the most prominent of seven French mainland or colonial bishops who in the aftermath of the Liberation were obliged to submit their resignations to Pope Pius XII. It had been suggested that more prelates should resign, but the diplomatic skills of the nuncio Mgr Roncalli reduced the resignations, together with the appointment of a coadjutor to Msgr Serrand, bishop of St. Brieuc and Tréguier, and the exclusion of the then archbishops of Reims and Bordeaux from any future appointments as cardinals. Villerabel had notably opposed '' La Voix du Vatican'', which was critical of the Vichy government, leading to a disagreement with Cardinal Suhard. His retirement (when he resumed his former titulature of Aenos or Enos which he had held as auxiliary bishop to the Archbishop of Tours from 1920 to 1940) was spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambroise Dubois
Ambroise Dubois (1542/43–1614/15) was a Flemish-born French painter. Dubois was born in Antwerp and became a painter of the second School of Fontainebleau. His influences were Niccolò dell'Abbate and Francesco Primaticcio. Dubois painted primarily portraits and mythological scenes. Dubreuil was painter to Marie de Médicis in 1606, decorating the Queen's Cabinet with episodes from ''Tancred and Clorinda''. Dubois died in Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement .... References 1540s births 1610s deaths 16th-century Flemish painters 16th-century French painters French male painters 17th-century French painters Flemish Mannerist painters Artists from Antwerp French Mannerist painters {{Flemish-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dubois (sculptor)
Paul Dubois (18 July 1829 – 23 May 1905) was a French sculptor and painter from Nogent-sur-Seine. His works were mainly sculptures and statues, and he was also a portrait painter. Early life Paul Dubois was born on the 18 July 1829 in Nogent-sur-Seine, France. He began studying law to please his father who practiced as a notary, but gave this up in order to train as a sculptor; his enthusiasm for this possibly fanned by the admiration he had for the work of his great-uncle Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. When making his debut at the Paris Salon in 1857 he did so under the name Dubois-Pigalle. Career 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 he did not have to struggle with financial problems as his family supported all his studies. He stayed in Rome for 4 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Dubois (painter)
Louis Dubois (1830–1880) was a Belgian painter who specialized in landscapes and Portraits in a naturalistic style. He also painted genre and still-life subjects. Personal life Louis Dubois was born in 1830 in Brussels, Belgium. He died of a respiratory illness in Brussels in 1880 at the age of 50. Free Society for the Fine Arts Louis Dubois belonged to a group of artists who, in the style of the second half the 19th century, rebelled against the traditional painting of the past in favor of the style of this period. With the painters Théodore Baron, Louis Artan, Edmond Lambrichs, F. Foudin, on 1 March 1868, he became one of the founders of La Société Libre des Beaux-Arts. The society was officially established in 1868 as "Comité de Salut Public révolutionnaire, pour la libération de l'Art" according to Lucien Solvay. The society members scorned the rules of the Academy and the aesthetics currently accepted; the artists of the "Free Society for the Fine Arts" freel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess E
Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * Jess Cates (born 1976), American songwriter * Jess Collins (1923–2004), American visual artist * Jess Conrad (born 1936), British actor * Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), American judge * Jess E. DuBois (born 1934), American painter * Jess Folley (born 2003), English singer * Jess Glynne (born 1989), English singer and songwriter * Jess Hahn (1921–1998), American actor * Jess Harnell (born 1963), American voice actor * Jess Hartley (born 1967), American writer * Jess Herbst (born 1958), American politician * Jess Hill (1907–1993), American athlete and coach *Jess Hill, Australian investigative reporter and author * Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr. (1930–2011), American wine entrepreneur * Jess Klein (born 1974), American singer/songwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dubois The Elder
Jean Dubois the Elder, born at Fontainebleau in 1604, a landscape painter and painter to the king, succeeded in 1635 to the office of keeper of the pictures at Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ... before held by his uncle, Claude de Hoey. This office he resigned to his son in 1674, and died at Fontainebleau in 1679. Louis Dubois, his brother, also was keeper of the pictures at Fontainebleau from 1644 to 1651, but resigned on receiving a grant of the pension of 2000 livres which had been enjoyed by Fréminet the younger, his half-brother: Jean Dubois had two sons, Jean and Louls Dubois, born respectively in 1645 and 1646, the elder of whom succeeded to the office of keeper of the pictures which his father resigned in his favour in 1674. Jean died at Fontai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Pène Du Bois
Guy Pène du Bois (January 4, 1884 – July 18, 1958) was a 20th-century American painter, art critic, and educator. Born in the U.S. to a French family, his work depicted the culture and society around him: cafes, theatres, and in the twenties, flappers. Artistic training Pène du Bois began his artistic training in 1899, when he enrolled in the New York School of Art to study under the painter William Merritt Chase. In 1902 he enrolled in a painting class with Robert Henri, whose teachings lead Pène du Bois to focus more on everyday life in his own artwork. Pène du Bois traveled to Europe in 1905 to study under Théophile Steinlen, but returned to the U.S. upon his father's death the following year. He was a close friend to Edward Hopper and was his best man for his wedding to Josephine Hopper. They remained lifelong friends. Illustrations and art criticism Beginning in 1906, Pène du Bois worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for the ''New York American,'' and he began wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillam Dubois
Guillam Dubois (1623–1661), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to the RKD, he was born in Haarlem and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1646.Guillam Dubois in the During the years 1652-1653 he made a trip through Germany with fellow guild members , , Joost Boelen and |
Gérard DuBois
Gérard DuBois (born 1968) is a French illustrator. In 2017, he received the Hamilton King Award. DuBois works in a variety of styles, which have been described as a consistent and remarkable blend of beauty, passion, and intelligence. Early life and education DuBois, an only child, grew up in Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Argenteuil is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, ..., a suburban town north of Paris. No member of his family was artistic. The idea of art as a career option was introduced to DuBois at age fourteen, when the headmistress of his public school, having become aware of his drawings in notebooks, encouraged him to apply for advanced study at an art school in Paris. DuBois passed the aptitude tests required for admission and entered the school, a century-old institute in St. Germain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Dubois (sculptor)
Georges Dubois (18 March 1865–17 May 1934) was a French sculptor who produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. He won a silver medal in the mixed sculpturing event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Career In 1900, Dubois produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. The bust had been requested the year before, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Chopin's death, by Jules Massenet. The bust was removed from the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1942, and in 1999, it was replaced by a replica made by . In 1906, Dubois met with the Olympic Committee to discuss adding art competitions to the Summer Olympic Games. Dubois was a speaker at the event, and also produced a fencing display. He entered a plaster model of the doors of a gymnasium, entitled ''Model of the entrance to a modern stadium'', into the mixed sculpturing event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm Stockholm () is the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Dubois
Frédéric Dubois (c. 1760 – c. 1822) was a French Portrait miniature, miniature painter and painter. Biography He was born in c. 1760 and, according some sources, was a pupil of (1757 - 1812) and debuted as pastellist in the “Salon (Paris) de la Correspondance” of the 1780 with the portraits of Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon and Comte Mimerel. His first miniatures can be dated to the mid-80s of the 18th century. He was active in Paris until 1804 where he was the court painter of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé and lived in rue Neuve des Petits Champs, 414 rue Neuve Saint Marc, 549 rue de Grammont, 27 place des Victoires. In the following years he worked in Saint Petersburg. There, as most sources state, he stayed until 1818 and in 1813 he was granted membership of Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1819–1820, he was exhibiting in different London locations but above all in Royal Academy. In England he lived in London, 22 Vine Street and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Dubois
François Dubois ( 1529 – 24 August 1584) was a French Huguenot painter of the Fontainebleau School. Biography Dubois was born around 1529 in Amiens, in the province of Picardy. He was likely related to the anatomist Jacques Dubois. Dubois fled France following the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, when French Catholics killed French Protestants (Huguenots) in Paris. It is not known whether he witnessed the event but a possible relative, the surgeon Antoine Dubois, died in the slaughter. He settled in Geneva in the Protestant Republic of Geneva, where he died on 24 August 1584. Works His only surviving work is the best known depiction of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. A fellow Huguenot refugee, a banker from Lyon, commissioned the painting to commemorate the event. The painting shows two incidents from the massacre frequently seen in other depictions in popular prints Popular prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
