Émile Sacré (1844–1882) was a

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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

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. He died at the age of 38. 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

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(1843–1910) made a bronze of Émile Sacré which was presented at the exhibition of

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in 1884.Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque ''Les XX, La Libre esthétique: cent ans après'' 1993 - Page 546 "ÉMILE SACRÉ Bronze, 68,5 x 30,5 x 27 (1882) Signature avec dédicace sur un philactère décorant le piédouche"

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacre, Emile 1844 births 1882 deaths 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists Place of death unknown