Égide Rombaux
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Égide Rombaux (19 January 1865 – 11 September 1942) was a Belgian symbolist sculptor.[1]
Rombeaux was born in Schaerbeek on 19 January 1865. the son of the sculptor Felix Rombaux and Emerence–Rosalie Lemmens.[2][3] He studies at the Academie des Beaux Arts in Brussels from 1879 while simultaneously working as an assistant to Albert Desenfans.[3] He received his first commission in 1887; sculptures of Antoine van der Noot and Antoine van Grimbergen for Brussels Town Hall.[3] He worked in Florence from 1889 to 1992. He returned to Brussels in 1895, and taught at the academies in Antwerp and Brussels.
Rombaux died in Uccle on 11 September 1942.[3]
The First Morning, a 1913 marble by Rombaux is in the collection of the Tate Britain.[4] The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, which have a large selection of his work, have a study.[5]
Honours
[edit]- 1911: Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
- 1919: Commander of the Order Leopold.[6]
- 1931: Grand Officer in the Order of the Crown.[7]
Awards
[edit]At 17 years old, Rombaux was awarded the prix Godecharle in 1882. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891.
Legacy
[edit]The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium awards the triannual Prix Égide Rombaux [fr], established in 1943, to a sculptor between 25 and 45 years old.[8][9]
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hosteyn, Norbert (2004). "Symbolistische beeldhouwkunst in Vlaanderen". Vlaanderen. 53: 24.
- ^ "Explore Egide Rombaux". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ a b c d van Lennep, Jacques. La Nouvelle Biografie Nationale. Vol. 4. pp. 336–338.
- ^ Tate. "'The First Morning', Egide Rombaux, 1913 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Kunstwerk " De eerste ochtend " – Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België". www.fine-arts-museum.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14.11.1919
- ^ RD 8.4.1932
- ^ "Académie royale de Belgique". www.academieroyale.be. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Prix Égide Rombaux – Sculpture : appel à candidatures". www.academieroyale.be. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Grandmoulin, Léandre (1951). "Notice sur Égide Rombaux, Membre de l'academie" (PDF). Annuaire de l'Académie: 254–285.
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