Émile Sacré
Émile Sacré (1844–1882) was a Belgian painter, after whom the Prix Émile Sacré was named. Émile Sacré's father was Auguste Sacré, an engineer who had invented a machine dividing the bast of hemp and flax with a hatchel (hackle) to make it safe to be spun, and who was manager of the Société de Saint-Gilles linen mill near Brussels. Sacré studied at the Académie royale des beaux-arts de Bruxelles from 1866 to 1870 and with the architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer. He died at the age of 38.
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Émile Sacré
loki11 · l'Illustration Européenne - 1881 -peintre Emile Sacré (1844-1882) · Public domain
- Name
- Émile Sacré
- Born
- 1844
- Birthplace
- Belgium
- Died
- 1882
- Occupation
- Painter
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Émile Sacré (1844–1882) was a Belgian painter, after whom the Prix Émile Sacré was named. Émile Sacré's father was Auguste Sacré, an engineer who had invented a machine dividing the bast of hemp and flax with a hatchel (hackle) to make it safe to be spun, and who was manager of the Société de Saint-Gilles linen mill near Brussels. Sacré studied at the Académie royale des beaux-arts de Bruxelles from 1866 to 1870 and with the architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer. He died at the age of 38.
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His brother established a triennial prize, along with the Prix Auguste Sacré for engineering in memory of the brothers' father, in a legacy of 1904. The sculptor Charles Van Der Stappen (1843–1910) made a bronze of Émile Sacré which was presented at the exhibition of Les XX in 1884.
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• Name — Émile Sacré • Birth Name — Émile Sacré • Born — 1844 • Birthplace — Belgium • Died — 1882 • Occupation — Painter • Illustration — The Death of the Well-Digger
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1844
Émile Sacré born at Saint-Gilles.
1882
Émile Sacré died at Ixelles.
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