Philippe Soupault
After moving to Paris, literary director Philippe Soupault was the first to hire him to illustrate a book, " by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. Dubout continued on to illustrate numerous editions of books by Boileau, Beaumarchais, Mérimée, Rabelais, Villon, Cervantes, Balzac, Racine, Voltaire, Rostand, Poe, and Courteline.