Eugène Simonis

Louis-Eugène Simonis (11 July 1810, in Liège – 11 July 1893, in Koekelberg) was a Belgian sculptor.[1]

Eugène Simonis, lithograph by Charles Baugniet published in Les Artistes Contemporains (1836)

Career

Simonis studied under François-Joseph Dewandre at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège and at the age of nineteen went to Italy, where he continued his studies in Bologna and Rome.[2] When he returned to Belgium he accepted an instructor position at the Liege Academy. Later he moved to Brussels, where he became the director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. Among his many students were the Belgian sculptors Thomas Vinçotte, Julien Dillens, and Charles Samuel.

The square in Brussels, where Simonis had his studio, was given the name Eugène Simonis Square in his honor. A metro station in Brussels, completed in 1982, bears his name. In 2007, a bust of Simonis by Annie Junger was unveiled at Simonis Square.[3]

Honours

1881: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold.[4]

Selected works

Mons

Leopold I of Belgium, at the railway station

Bruges

Simon Stevin, 1846, Simon Stevinplein (Brugge)

Brussels

Godfrey of Bouillon (1848), Royal Square
Sculptures for the Congress Column, including both lions and one (of four) sitting statue which represents the Freedom of Worship. (The statue of King Leopold I on top of the column was made by Guillaume Geefs.)
Bas-relief L'Harmonie des Passions humaines decorant (Harmony of the Arts) on the pediment of the La Monnaie theatre.

Liege

André Dumont, (1886)
Walthère Frère-Orban,

Notes

"Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie". Rkd.nl. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
Théodore Gobert (1925) Liège à travers les âges Liège,
"Beeld Eugène Simonis onthuld", 4 April 2007, in Flemish
Handelsblad (Het) 15-05-1881

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References

Jordens-Leroy, Chantal (1990) Un sculpteur belge du XIXe Siecle: Louis-Eugene Simonis Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, ISBN 2-8031-0083-5

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[1] "Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie". Rkd.nl. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[2] Théodore Gobert (1925) Liège à travers les âges Liège,

[3] "Beeld Eugène Simonis onthuld", 4 April 2007, in Flemish

[4] Handelsblad (Het) 15-05-1881