Ernest Henri Dubois (March 16, 1863 in

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; December 30, 1930 in

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), was a French

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. He enrolled in 1881 at the École des Arts décoratiif and then attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under

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and Jules Chaplain. It was his award of the commission to carry out the sculptural work on the tomb of

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in Meaux Cathedral that gave his career a boost and saw him awarded a Medal of Honour and subsequently he became a Chevalier de la

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Works

Dubois also designed several public monuments erected in

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: * Monument to Ion C. Brătianu in

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. * Monument to George C. Cantacuzino, at

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. * Monument to George D. Pallade. * Monument to Eugeniu Carada in Bucharest. * Monument to

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. * Bust of Ion Brătianu. Some of these monuments were destroyed during the Communist period.

Gallery

File:Paris - Les invalides - Statue de Jules Hardouin-Mansart - 003.jpg, Statue of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. He studies an architectural drawing. File:Chambéry Place du Château2.JPG, Monument to the Maistre brothers Xavier de Maistre and Joseph de Maistre in Chambéry File:Le Vengeur.JPG, "Le Vengeur" a composition by Ernest Henri Dubois File:Eugène Fromentin2.jpg, Bust of Eugène Fromentin the French painter and writer. File:Grand monument de Bossuet Meaux 40808 01.jpg, The Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet monument in Meaux Cathedral File:Jean Guiton.jpg, Jean Guiton by Ernest Henri Dubois File:Monument aux Mort Ernest Dubois Square Carnot Dieppe p3.JPG, Dieppe War Memorial with one of Ernest Henri Dubois' sculptures

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Ernest Henri 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 20th-century French sculptors Knights of the Legion of Honour École des Beaux-Arts alumni 1863 births 1930 deaths 19th-century French male artists People from Dieppe, Seine-Maritime