François Dubois

François Dubois studied at French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Rome. Work by François Dubois is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and Palace of Versailles. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome for painting.

• Name — François Dubois • Born — 1790 • Birthplace — France • Died — 1871 • Known for — Painter • Style — Neoclassical • Movement — Orientalist François Dubois (1790–1871) was a French neoclassical and Orientalist painter.

François Dubois (1790–1871) was a French neoclassical painter. He made several large oil paintings on historical subjects such as l ' Érection de l'obélisque de Louqsor sur la place de la Concorde ("The erection of the Luxor obelisk on the place de la Concorde", on view at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris) and mythological subjects such as Le Sommeil d'Oreste ("The Dream of Orestes", which is at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Quimper, France). Some of his works are also displayed at the Palace of Versailles.

• Illustration — The erection of the Luxor obelisk on the place de la Concorde by François Dubois. Musée Carnavalet, Paris