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Albert Dubois-Pillet BIOGRAPHY
1846 Saint-Lo, France - 1890 Paris, France. Known for: Neo-impressionist and pointillist landscapes, portrait, still life and marine painting.
Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life... Read full biography
Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life for display as early as 1877. A friend of Georges Seurat, Dubois-Pillet was a founder of the Société... Read full biography
Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life for display as early as 1877. A friend of Georges Seurat, Dubois-Pillet was a founder of the Société des Artistes Indépendants* in 1884, helping to write the statutes of the group and becoming one of the first artists to adopt Pointillism*. Dubois-Pillet exhibited regularly with the Indépendants... Read full biography
Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life for display as early as 1877. A friend of Georges Seurat, Dubois-Pillet was a founder of the Société des Artistes Indépendants* in 1884, helping to write the statutes of the group and becoming one of the first artists to adopt Pointillism*. Dubois-Pillet exhibited regularly with the Indépendants until 1889, and the only one-man exhibition of his work held in his lifetime took place at the Revue Indépendent in 1888. He graduated from the Ecole Impériale Militaire at Saint-Cyr in 1867and fought in the Franco-Prussian war. In an effort to... Read full biography
Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life for display as early as 1877. A friend of Georges Seurat, Dubois-Pillet was a founder of the Société des Artistes Indépendants* in 1884, helping to write the statutes of the group and becoming one of the first artists to adopt Pointillism*. Dubois-Pillet exhibited regularly with the Indépendants until 1889, and the only one-man exhibition of his work held in his lifetime took place at the Revue Indépendent in 1888. He graduated from the Ecole Impériale Militaire at Saint-Cyr in 1867and fought in the Franco-Prussian war. In an effort to camouflage his artistic activities from his military career, in 1884 he began to sign works of art "Dubois" with the... Read full biography
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Albert Dubois, Louis Auguste Albert Dubois
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Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-Impressionists*. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still life for display as early as 1877.
A friend of Georges Seurat, Dubois-Pillet was a founder of the Société des Artistes Indépendants* in 1884, helping to write the statutes of the group and becoming one of the first artists to adopt Pointillism*.
Dubois-Pillet exhibited regularly with the Indépendants until 1889, and the only one-man exhibition of his work held in his lifetime took place at the Revue Indépendent in 1888.
He graduated from the Ecole Impériale Militaire at Saint-Cyr in 1867and fought in the Fran...But wait, there's more...
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