Guillaume de Groot
Illustration — Province of Luxembourg at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels Guillaume de Groot (1839–1922) was a Belgian sculptor. Guillaume de Groot was born in Brussels, he trained with sculptor Égide Mélot.
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Guillaume de Groot
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- Born
- 1839 · Brussels.
- Died
- 1922 · Uccle.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels
- Teachers
- Égide Mélot · Louis Jehotte · Charles Auguste Fraikin
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of Leopold
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Illustration — Province of Luxembourg at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels Guillaume de Groot (1839–1922) was a Belgian sculptor. Guillaume de Groot was born in Brussels, he trained with sculptor Égide Mélot.
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Guillaume de Groot studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Training under Égide Mélot, Louis Jehotte and Charles Auguste Fraikin is recorded. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels. Work by Guillaume de Groot is recorded in the collections of Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of Leopold.
• Bronze figures of Namur and Luxembourg, on the triumphal arch at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels • Four reclining figures on the window pediments at the Bourse Palace, Brussels, for architect Léon Suys, c. 1870 • Figure of Music, one of four figures on the piers of the facade, as well as the gilded Genius of Art, atop the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, for architect Alphonse Balat, c. 1875 • Heroic figure of Labour for Tournai railway station, 1881 • Bronze statue of Charles Rogier, Place de la Liberté/Vrijheidsplein, Brussels, 1897 • Illustration — Les arts ("Art") • Illustration — L'agriculture ("Agriculture") • Illustration — L'industrie ("Industry") • Illustration — La science ("Science")
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Guillaume de Groot is recorded as having received Commander of the Order of Leopold.
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1839
Guillaume de Groot born at Brussels.
1922
Guillaume de Groot died at Uccle.
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Brussels.
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- 1.Paul Piron (2016) De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars van de 19e tot de 21e eeuw. Brussel: Ludion. . p. 591.
- 2.Burgerlijke stand van Brussel: geboorten 1839, akte 3059.
- 3.Jacques van Lennep, red. (1990) De 19de-eeuwse Belgische beeldhouwkunst. Brussel: Generale Bank. . p. 338-339.
- 4.Cor Engelen en Mieke Marx (2002) Beeldhouwkunst in België vanaf 1830. Brussel: Algemeen Rijksarchief en Rijksarchief in de provinciën, Studia 90.
- 5."Guillaume De Groot", Biographie Nationale.
- 6.Familieannonce in Le Soir, 6 april 1922; "Guillaume De Groot", Gazette De Charleroi, 8 april 1922.
- 7."Une donation", Gazette De Charleroi, 5 april 1922.
- 8."De Beurs", Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed van het Brussels Gewest.
- 9."Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten", Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed van het Brussels Gewest.
- 10."Standbeeld van Charles Rogier", Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed van het Brussels Gewest.
- 11."Triomfboog en halfcirkelvormige zuilengalerij", Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed van het Brussels Gewest.
- 12.Maarten Goedee (1985) De Standbeelden van het Brussels Stadhuis. Uitgave Archief en Museum van het Vlaams Leven te Brussel vzw. p. 75, 79, 91.
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Guillaume de Groot studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. He trained under Égide Mélot, Louis Jehotte and Charles Auguste Fraikin.
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