Antonin Mercie

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

He worked for a long time as a practitioner for other sculptors such as Jean Dampt in 1885, Antonin Mercié in 1888, Alexandre Falguière in 1890, or René de Saint-Marceaux from 1896 t...

He also trained with Jules Chaplain and Antonin Mercié. Dubois began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1892, where he received an honorable mention for Jeune Adolesce...

His talent was discovered by Antonin Mercié, author of the Gloria Victis, whose assistant Pompon became before working for Alexandre Falguière and finally for Auguste Rodin.

In 1912 he traveled to Paris to attend the École des Beaux Arts and studied under Antonin Mercié and Jean Boucher, exhibiting at the Salon from 1914.

There, he trained in the studios of renowned masters of the era, such as Antonin Mercié and Antonin Carlès, from whom he inherited an impeccable technique in anatomical modeling.