DUBOIS, PAUL (1829-1905), French sculptor and painter, was born at Nogent-sur-Seine on July 18, 1829, and died on March 22, 1905. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Dubois went to Rome. His first contributions to the Paris Salon (186o) were busts of "The Countess de B." and "A Child." "A Florentine Singer of the Fifteenth Century" was shown in 1865 ; "The Virgin and Child" appeared in the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867; from 1873 onwards date the busts of Henner, Dr. Parrot, Paul Baudry, Pasteur, Gounod and Bonnat, remarkable alike for vivacity, likeness, refinement and subtle handling. The chief work of Paul Dubois was "The Tomb of General Lamoriciere" in the cathedral of Nantes, a brilliant masterpiece conceived in the Renaissance spirit, with allegorical figures and groups represent ing Warlike Courage, Charity, Faith and Meditation, with bas reliefs and enrichments. The statue of the "Constable Anne de Montmorency" was executed for Chantilly, and that of "Joan of Arc" (1889) for the town of Reims. In 1873 Dubois was appointed keeper of the Luxemburg museum. He succeeded Guillaume as director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1878, and Perraud as mem ber of the Academie des Beaux-Arts.