Jef Lambeaux | |
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 Lambeaux | |
| Born | Joseph Lambeaux (1852-01-14)14 January 1852 |
| Died | 5 June 1908(1908-06-05) (aged 56) Brussels, Belgium |
| Education | Studied under Jean Geefs |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Temple of Human Passions |
Jef Lambeaux orJosef Lambeaux (14 January 1852 – 5 June 1908) was aBelgian sculptor. His best known work isPavilion of Human Passions, a colossalmarblebas-relief.
Lambeaux was born inAntwerp,Belgium, on 14 January 1852. He studied at theAntwerp Academy of Fine Arts, and was a pupil of Jean Geefs.[1] He was part of a group of young artists, the "Van Beers clique", led byJan van Beers. This group included the artistsPiet Verhaert (1852–1908) andAlexander Struys (1852–1941). They were well known for their mischievous and eccentric behaviour, including walking around Antwerp dressed in historic costumes.[2]
His first work,War, was exhibited in 1871, and was followed by a long series of humorous groups, includingChildren Dancing, Say Good Morning, The Lucky Number and;An Accident (1875). He then went toParis, where he executedThe Beggar and The Blini Pauper for the Belgian salons, and producedThe Kiss (1881), generally regarded as his masterpiece.Claire J. R. Colinet – who would have great success during her career in theArt Deco era – was one of Lambeaux's students during his time in Paris.[3] After visitingItaly, where he was much impressed by the works ofJean Boulogne, he showed a strong predilection for effects of force and motion.[1]
Other notable works include hisBrabo Fountain in Antwerp (1886),Robbing the Eagles Eyrie (1890),Drunkenness (1893),The Triumph of Woman,The Bitten Faun (which created a great stir at the Exposition Universelle atLiège in 1905), andThe Human Passions, a colossalmarblebas-relief, elaborated from a sketch exhibited in 1889. Of his numerous busts may be mentioned those ofHendrik Conscience, and ofCharles Buls, theburgomaster ofBrussels.[1][4][5]
Lambeaux didn't escape the wrath of art critics when he showed a life-size model ofTemple of Human Passions at the Salon Triennial inGhent in 1889. The sculpture managed to attract such fury and uproar that in 1890 the journalL’Art Moderne described the work as follows:
[It is] a pile of naked and contorted bodies, muscled wrestlers in delirium, an absolute and incomparable childish concept. It is at once chaotic and vague, bloated and pretentious, pompous and empty. And what if, instead of paying for 300,000 francs of "passions", the government simply bought works of art?[6]
Lambeaux died on 5 June 1908 inBrussels.[4][5]
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In 2006 the association "ASBL Musée Jef Lambeaux" was set up to promote the creation of a museum dedicated to the artist inSaint-Gilles, Belgium.[8] The museum was already promised by the municipality of Saint-Gilles in 1898 but never built.[9]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lambeaux, Jef".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 106.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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