Josuë Dupon, a sculptor specialising in the creation of realistic animals and a medal engraver, trained with the sculptors Clemens Carbon and Modest Verlinden. At the same time, he studied at the Municipal Academy of Roeselare. In 1884 he went to Antwerp, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and from 1886/87 at the Institute of Higher Art with the sculptor Thomas Vinçotte. In 1888 Josuë became a member of the Roeselaar Art Circle.

He also became a member of "De Scalden", a group of young Antwerp painters, sculptors and master builders, who would form the basis of "L'art appliquée". In 1891, Joshua was awarded the gold medal at the Antwerp Art Salon for his work "Samson tearing the lion to pieces", as well as the second ...