Paul Élie Dubois (20 October 1886, in Colombier-Châtelot – 14 February 1949, in

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) was a French Orientalist painter; identified with the "".

Biography

His father, Élie Dubois, was a dentist in

and belonged to a religious community known as the Plymouth Brethren. He studied at the Académie Julian, followed by

Jean-Paul Laurens Jean-Paul Laurens (; 28 March 1838 – 23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Biography Laurens was born in Fourquevaux and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexa ...

and

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at the

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, and had his first exhibition at the Salon in 1910. He styled himself as an

ethnographic Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject ...

painter and took part in many missions to North Africa; notably to the area around the

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. He presented the works he created there at the

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of 1931, the

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, the

Exposition Universelle (1937) The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the M ...

and the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1933, he married Henriette Damart, a pastellist who had worked in Tunisia, and would work with him throughout North Africa. He was the recipient of numerous awards; including the

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(1920) and the Grand prix Arts artistique de l'Algérie (1927), His works may be seen at the

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, the

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, the Musée des Années Trente de Boulogne-Billancourt, and several others throughout France. In 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of his death, the city of

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paid him tribute. To this end, the Musée de la Tour des Échevins presented a dual exhibition, featuring Dubois and the contemporary Algerian artist,

Hocine Ziani Hocine Ziani (born in Sidi Daoud on 3 May 1953) is an Algerian painter and artist in plastic arts. Early years Ziani was born in 1953 in a Kabyle family living in the countryside of lower Kabylia near Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif and not far from ...

, who has also created paintings at Hoggar."Orientalisme, regards croisés entre Paul-Élie Dubois et Hocine Ziani", In: ''L’Est Républicain'', 30 April 201
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Selected paintings

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References

External links

More works by Dubois
@ ArtNet
"Paul Élie Dubois: l'Ambassadeur du Hoggar"
@ CDHA {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Paul Elie 1886 births 1949 deaths 20th-century French painters French orientalists People from Doubs

Biography

Selected paintings

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Further reading

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