Georges Dubois (sculptor)

Georges Dubois (1865-1934)[1] was a French sculptor who produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. He won a silver medal in the mixed sculpturing event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Georges Dubois' bust of Frédéric Chopin in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.

Career

In 1900, Dubois produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.[2][3] The bust had been requested the year before, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Chopin's death,[2] by Jules Massenet.[4]^:175 The bust was temporarily removed from the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1942.[2]

In 1906, Dubois met with the Olympic Committee to discuss adding art competitions to the Summer Olympic Games.[5]^:143 Dubois was a speaker at the event, and also produced a fencing display.[5]^:143 He entered a plaster model of the doors of a gymnasium, entitled Model of the entrance to a modern stadium, into the mixed sculpturing event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. He was awarded a silver medal.[5]^{:145, 269}

Works

Dubois, Georges, Le point d'honneur et le duel, dispositions spéciales d'après-guerre (The point of honour and the duel, special post-war arrangements), 1909
Dubois, Georges, L'escrime au théâtre (Fencing in the theatre), 1910

Source: [1]

References

"Dubois, Georges (1865-1934) forme internationale". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
"Monument à Frédéric Chopin" (in French). Á nos grandes hommes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Lorente, J. Pedro (2018). Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts. Routledge. ISBN 9780815359579.
Eigeldinger, Jean-Jacques; Shohet, Naomi (1986). Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by His Pupils. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521367097.
Yttergren, Leif; Bolling, Hans (2012). The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786471317.

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[BNF-1] "Dubois, Georges (1865-1934) forme internationale". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[Hommes-2] "Monument à Frédéric Chopin" (in French). Á nos grandes hommes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[3] Lorente, J. Pedro (2018). Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts. Routledge. ISBN 9780815359579.

[4] Eigeldinger, Jean-Jacques; Shohet, Naomi (1986). Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by His Pupils. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521367097.

[Stockholm-5] Yttergren, Leif; Bolling, Hans (2012). The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786471317.