Born in Arlon in 1894, Roger Maximilien Dubois demonstrated exceptional talent at an early age, which he honed at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. Passionate about color and light, he quickly established himself as one of the young hopes of Belgian Luminism. His virtuosity earned him the composition prize for his anatomy study, a testament to his high standards and artistic rigor.

Sadly, the First World War brought his promising career to a sudden halt. A volunteer for military service, Dubois died prematurely, swept away by the Spanish flu at the age of just 24, in September 1918. His work, long kept secret, is now recognized thanks to the work of Serge Goyens de Heusch, who in "Impressionism and Fauvism in Belgium" (1988) established him as one of the great representatives of Luminism.