Nat Neujean
Nathanael Neujean (5 January 1923 – 4 February 2018) was a Belgian sculptor from Antwerp. A figurative artist, he mostly worked in plaster and bronze. His works are held in various international collections.
Also recorded as Nathaniel Neujean · Nathanael Neujean
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- Full name
- Abraham Nathan Neuman.
- Born
- 1923. · Antwerp.
- Died
- 2018. · Uccle.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
- Honours
- Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.
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Nathanael Neujean (5 January 1923 – 4 February 2018) was a Belgian sculptor from Antwerp. A figurative artist, he mostly worked in plaster and bronze. His works are held in various international collections.
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Biography
Biography
He has been honored as a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.
Neujean was born in Antwerp, 5 January 1923. During the years 1939 to 1941, he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Among his better known busts are those of Tintin (1954) for the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Hergé (1958), and Robert Schumann (1987), a bronze bust in the Parc du Cinquantenaire of Brussels. He is also noted for his life-sized nude, La Belle Toscane. Another of his sculptures, a figurative bronze titled Lot's Wife (1968), is in the US at the Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden of Dallas, Texas. His mounted bronze of Henry Moore is part of the Collection of Charles Rand Penney, while Tendresse, a bronze, is part of the collection at McNay Art Museum. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1964, and Rolly-Michaux on Madison Avenue in New York City in 1974. Facing discrimination as a Jew during World War II, he later did much towards Jewish heritage in Belgium; in January 1963 for instance he produced a number of different models related to the Holocaust at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
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Nat Neujean is recorded as having received Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown. Recorded at birth as Abraham Nathan Neuman. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name Neujean, Nat. The authorities additionally record the headings Nathaniel Neujean and Nathanael Neujean.
Photographie du monument funéraire de Jean-Jacques Gailliard créé par Nat Neujean, 1976 (Cimetière de Saint-Gilles, Uccle) © Isabelle Gailliard
© Isabelle Gailliard
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1923
Nat Neujean born at Antwerp.
2018
Nat Neujean died at Uccle.
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Antwerp.
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- 1.Détail.
- 2.RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. Nathanael Neujean.
- 3.LAPADA. 1960's Plaster Bust by Nathaniel Neujean c. 1960, France.
- 4.Artcurial.com. NAT NEUJEAN (né en 1923) SCULPTURE EN BRONZE REPRÉSENTANT TINTIN ET MILOU.
- 5.Museeherge.com. When Hergé met Nat Neujean.
- 6.Invaluable, LLC. Lot 3062: NATHANIEL NEUJEAN (1923– ). 7 June 2007.
- 7.McNay Art Museum. Artist: Nathanael Neujean, Belgian, born.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Gerem, Yves. A Marmac Guide to Dallas. Pelican Publishing. March 2004. 978-1-58980-199-8.
- Mikhman, Dan. Belgium and the Holocaust: Jews, Belgians, Germans. Berghahn Books. 1998. 978-965-308-068-3.
- Little, Carol Morris. A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas. University of Texas Press. 1 January 1996. 978-0-292-76036-3.
- Neujean, Nathanael. Nathanael Neujean, March 25 - April 18, [1964]. Museum of Fine Arts. 1964.
- New York Media, LLC. New York Magazine. Newyorkmetro.com. 10 June 1974. 0028-7369.
- Vogel, Donald S. Memories and Images: The World of Donald Vogel and Valley House Gallery. University of North Texas Press. 2000. 978-1-57441-117-1.
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