Georges Dubois (sculptor)

Georges Dubois (18 March 1865 – 17 May 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.^[1]

Georges Dubois

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1865-03-18)18 March 1865 Paris, France[1]
Died	17 May 1934(1934-05-17) (aged 69) Paris, France[1]
Occupation	Sculptor
Medal record Representing  FRA Sculpture Summer Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Mixed sculpturing

Replica of the bust Frédéric Chopin created by Dubois, 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 removed from the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1942, and in 1999, it was replaced by a replica made by Bolesław Syrewicz [pl].^[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

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