Paul Dubois, The Lesson France, c. 1900, signed, unmarked, terracotta, a young man seated on a rock pedestal with a ...

Paul Dubois, The Lesson France, c. 1900, signed, unmarked, terracotta, a young man seated on a rock pedestal with a frontal free text field, holding a book for the boy standing next to him to read, embossed inscription "Pourquoi le feu fait il fondre le beurre et durcir les oeufs? (Why does fire melt butter and harden eggs?)", hand glued to book, otherwise in good condition for age, h 48.5 cm. France, c. 1900, signed, unmarked, terracotta, a young man seated on a rock pedestal with a frontal free text field, holding a book for the boy standing next to him to read, embossed inscription "Pourquoi le feu fait il fondre le beurre et durcir les oeufs? (Why does fire melt butter and harden eggs?)", hand glued to book, otherwise in good condition for age, h 48.5 cm. Artist info: French sculptor and portrait painter (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905) also known as Dubois-Pigalle, first studied law, but gave this up in favour of sculpture, his great-uncle Jean-Baptiste Pigalle received much recognition for his work, which probably significantly motivated Dubois to follow in his footsteps, he therefore probably made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1857 under the name Dubois-Pigalle, from 1858 he studied in Armand Toussaint's sculpture class at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, he travelled to Rome and Florence and studied classical works there and came into contact with many other artists, he received numerous prizes and his works are still exhibited in various museums today. Thieme/ Becker/ Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, Verlag Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG.