Louis Dubois

Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels and Paris. Work by Louis Dubois is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai.

• Name — Louis Dubois • Birth Name — Louis Dubois • Born — ca. 1830 • Birthplace — Brussels, Belgium • Died — ca. 1880 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Occupation — Painter • Illustration — The Storks, 1858, now in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium • Illustration — The Lady with Bouquet, 1854–1855, now in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Louis Dubois was born in 1830 in Brussels, Belgium. He died of a respiratory illness in Brussels in 1880 at age 50.

Among his friends, Dubois counted Courbet, Louis Artan, Félicien Rops, Constantin Meunier, Alfred Verwee, and Joseph Coosemans. Alfred Verhaeren, Jean-François Taelemans, and Théodore Baron were his students, and Frans Van Leemputten followed his influence. At Couture's studio, he found himself in the company of an association of young painters gathered to work together including Félicien Rops, Charles Hermans, Constantin Meunier, and Jules Raeymaeckers, all among the attendees of the "Atelier Libre Saint-Luc" in Brussels from 1853 to 1863, then directed by Slingeneyer.

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Louis; avec une introduction, des notes et des eclaircissements par E. Louis Dubois is recorded with the occupation painter. Institutional cataloguing adds that louis Dubois died on 28 April 1880. Born in Brussels. Dubois worked at Brussels. It is also recorded that louis Dubois worked at Paris. It is also recorded that louis Dubois is recorded as human.

On January 1, 1872, Dubois published "Les Biographes et les Biographies," a critique of his professional enemies, the Romantics of the school of 1830. It was published again in "L'Art Moderne, Revue artistique des Arts et de la Litterature" No. 24 of the publication's 4th year, June 15, 1884. Dubois continued to publish a number of articles. On February 1 and March 1, 1872, in "Le Peintre d'Histoire," he spoke against painters of the "Modern Era." On July 15 and August 15, 1872, in "Du Portrait," he criticized official portraits. And on September 15 and October 1, 1872, in his article "Du Procédé," Dubois said, "paint as you like... provided that you use true tones, in the right places." On February 11, 1873, after 10 years of publication, the Review underwent a transformation, expanding under the title "L'Art Universel," appointing Camille Lemonnier as the director. "Hout" then published an article "A propos des peintres du rire" about Frans Hals, Jordeans, and Jan Steen. Dubois is also considered to have authored articles attributed to "Karl Stur," one in "L'Art Libre" and one in the daily newspaper "La Chronique" ("Causerie"), during the years 1870–1871.

Camille Lemonnier wrote, "Master Louis Dubois, I saved him for last, like a hot pepper for a bored palate. Zounds! What painting! I recognized the power of another with distinction." Edmond About said about him, "he was the most distinguished painter working in Belgium." The Ostende Fine Arts Museum displayed three of his paintings, but they were destroyed during World War II. Dubois' works were also displayed at the: • 1905 Belgian Art Retrospective in Brussels • 1906 at the Belgian Art Exhibition at Guild Hall in London • 1907 Belgium Autumn Art Show in Paris • 1910 Brussels Show: The Free Aesthetic Evolution of a Landscape (5 panels) • 1920, at Anvers: Chosen Work of the Belgian Masters (4 paintings) • 1922 Brussels Artistic and Literary Circle (5 panels) • 1923 Belgian Art Show, in Paris • 1926 Belgian Art Show, in Bern • 1927 Belgian Art Show, in London • 1930 Centennial Art Expo of Belgian Art in Brussels, at the Third Salon at Namur • 1931 Belgian Art Show in Copenhagen • 1932 Brussels Fine Arts Palace, Retrospective of the Masters of La Societe Libre des Beaux-Arts (Artan, Dubois, De Grouz, Verwee, Meunier, Rops, Baron, Smits) (61 paintings) • 1935 Brussels Universal and International Expo, "Five Centuries of Art" (3 paintings) • Belgian Art Show at Expo of the Century • Expo of Women's Portraits in Brussels The Brussels Museum has 15 of Dubois' works on display; the Ixelles Fine Arts Museum displays five paintings; the Charlier-Van Custen Museum displays three paintings; the Gand Fine Arts Museum displays three works; and the Tournai Fine Arts Museum has Dubois in its collection as well.