Guillaume Geefs | |
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Born | 10 September 1805 |
Died | 19 January 1883 Schaerbeek, Belgium | (aged 77)
Nationality | Belgian |
Education | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and École des Beaux-Arts (Paris) |
Known for | sculpture |
Notable work | Victims of the Revolution (1838); statues, busts, and tomb monuments of statesmen and artists; Le génie du mal |
Movement | synthesis of Late Flemish Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism |
Spouse |
Guillaume Geefs (10 September 1805 – 19 January 1883[1]), also Willem Geefs, was a Belgian sculptor. Although known primarily for his monumental works and public portraits of statesmen and nationalist figures, he also explored mythological subject matter, often with an erotic theme.