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Pene du Boise was born in 1884 in Brooklyn,
NY. His family descended from French immigrants that settled in New
Orleans in 1738. Du Bois was raise in a Creole household and was
cultured by his father who was an art critic. He studied at the New
York School of Art with William Merritt Chase. Pene du Bois traveled
to Paris in 1905 and painted cafe scenes in which he utilized techniques
associated with the Ashcan School. He became known for his satirical
edge and developed his own style in his maturity, describing members of
high society with soft rounded forms and depicting scenes of affluent
social gatherings. After living in Paris with his wife for six years
Pene du Bois returned to the United States and began painting similar
subject matter with a somewhat darker mood, moving away from the satire
that was present in his earlier work. Pene du Bios also worked the
Works Progress Administration painting a mural of the first chief justice
of the Supreme Court, John Jay at his home for a post office in Rye, New
York. Pène du Bois died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1958.
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