Born in Belgium to sculptor and painter Louis Dupuis, Toon Dupuis was introduced to the arts by his father at the Antwerp Art Academy. He came to Den Haag in 1898 and was naturalized a decade later. From 1900-14, Toon Dupuis taught at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Den Haag, where another Olympic artist Gra Rueb would become one of his students. Dupuis was an acclaimed sculptor, and created many statues of historical people from marble and bronze erected throughout the Netherlands, such as those for Queen-Regent Emma (Den Haag) Stadtholder William III (Breda) or Rembrandt (Leiden). Dupuis’ bust of Peter Stuyvesant is situated on 2nd Avenue, New York City. He also designed portrait coins and medals and ceramic sculptures. Only his “wrestler”, which is shown in the 1928 catalog, is clearly identifiable. In 1906 he was appointed Knight, in 1921 Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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