Georges Vandevoorde
Georges Vandevoorde (30 April 1878 – 17 June 1964) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Georges Vandevoorde
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- Name
- Georges Vandevoorde
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 30 April 1878
- Birthplace
- Kortrijk, Belgium
- Died
- 17 June 1964
- Place of death
- Anderlecht, Belgium
- Nationality
- Belgium
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Georges Vandevoorde (30 April 1878 – 17 June 1964) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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• Name — Georges Vandevoorde • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 30 April 1878 • Birthplace — Kortrijk, Belgium • Died — 17 June 1964 • Place of death — Anderlecht, Belgium
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- 1.Paul Piron (2016) De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars van de 19e tot de 21e eeuw. Brussel: Ludion. . p. 2450.
- 2.Geboorteakte n° 319, via FamilySearch.
- 3.F. de Vleeschouwer (1970) "VANDEVOORDE, Georges Abel" in Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek. Brussel: Koninklijke Academiën van België. Deel IV, kolom 871-875.
- 4.Cor Engelen en Mieke Marx (2002) Beeldhouwkunst in België vanaf 1830. Brussel: Algemeen Rijksarchief en Rijksarchief in de provinciën, Studia 90. Volume I, p. 1616-1619.
- 5.Paul de Paepe, "Kortrijkse bedrijven, handelaars en eigentijdse kunstenaars op de Gentse Wereldtentoonstelling van 1913". Kortrijk: Koninklijke Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring. Gearchiveerd op 6 november 2022.
- 6."Georges Vandevoorde", Olympedia.
- 7.Marcel Celis, > Cimetières et nécropoles, Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
- 8."De gemeente verenigt de echtelieden" en "De echtelieden tonen hun kind aan de gemeente", Inventaris van het roerend erfgoed, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Gearchiveerd op 6 november 2022.
- 9."Gemeentehuis van Vorst", Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Gearchiveerd op 9 december 2022.
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