Philippe Dubois (born in
Lobbes on 4 November 1958) is a Belgian painter. He
signs his work under the pseudonym PHEBUS.
He started painting at the age of 30. In October 1989 he
exposed his first paintings in the National Saloon of
the SNCB, the Belgian railway company, where he won the
first price of the public with a marine (sailboat).
During several years he studied the art of painting and
drawing in Thudinie with Ben Genaux (Leers-et-Fosteau)
and the Georges Dubuisson (surrealistic painter, La
Buissiere - Merbes-le-Chateau). Between 1989 en 1990 he
spent a lot of time in Amsterdam, studying the work of
Vincent Van Gogh.
In the nineties his work evolved to more abstract art.
In December 1998 he exposed his abstract work for the
first time in the Musee de la Porte of Tubize (Belgium).
After living 35 years in the village Fontaine-Valmont
(Hainaut), Philippe Dubois currently lives and works in
Brussels.
(Brigitte Descartes, Doctor of Philosophy/History of Art)