Charles Samuel

Training under Eugène Simonis is recorded. Work by Charles Samuel is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Art and History, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

• Name — Charles Samuel • Born — 29 December 1862 • Birthplace — Brussels • Died — 31 January 1938 • Place of death — Cannes • Field — sculpture • Illustration — La Fortune (1894), Collection King Baudouin Foundation • Illustration — La Brabançonne, Brussels, 1930.

Samuel was born in Brussels and trained there. He studied engraving with Léopold Wiener, sculpture with Eugène Simonis, Joseph Jaquet and Charles van der Stappen, and medal-making with the goldsmith and sculptor Philippe Wolfers. He began his career in 1889, from his house and workshop in Ixelles, which was the first project of noted Belgian architect Henri Van Dievoet. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His wife was the French pianist Clotilde Kleeberg.

• monument to the novelist Charles De Coster at the Place Flagey in Ixelles, modeled by Neel Doff, 1894 • The Lion, Botanical Garden of Brussels, circa 1898 • female figuration of La Brabançonne (Belgian national anthem, in French language of female though in Dutch of male grammatical gender), Surlet de Chokier square, Brussels, 1930 • bronze military memorial at the Ixelles Cemetery • Vuakusu Batetela defends a woman from an Arab

Charles Samuel is recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as sculptor, medalist, designer and artist.