A rare Art Nouveau bronze sculptural paperweight, circa 1900,
Paul Du Bois, Belgium the patinated bronze featuring a sleeping
female
Paul Du Bois (1859–1938)
was a Belgian sculptor and medalist, born in Aywaille, and died in
Uccle. Du Bois was a student of Eugène Simonis and Charles van der
Stappen. He studied from 1877 to 1883 at the Académie Royale des
Beaux-Arts in Brussels and earned the distinguished Prix Godecharle in
1884. Du Bois contributed to the renewal of artistic expression in
Belgium at the end of the 20th century, and was one of the founders of
the art group Les XX. His own eclectic work consists of small
sculptures, medals, jewelry, fine art sculpture, public monuments, and
tombs.
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