Augustinus Franciscus Henri Falise (26 January 1875 in

Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many t ...

– 7 January 1936) was a Dutch sculptor and medailleur (minter of medals). Next to smaller sculptures he designed large monuments of public figures in stone or messing which are still present in many towns in the Netherlands.

Biography

Falise descended from a French/Belgian family of plasterers that had settled in Wageningen. He was a teacher of anatomic drawings and modelling at the

AKV St. Joost St. Joost School of Art and Design (formerly Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Dutch ''Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda'') is a Dutch academy of art and design based in Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. The school is part of Avans ...

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

. In 1912 he moved in Wageningen into the house ''Antonia''. The street where he lived, was partially renamed in 1941 to ''August Faliseweg''. He was married to Antoinette Hof; the marriage was childless. Falise won many prizes and received Dutch and international awards. In 1936 the award of the

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and the Belgium

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Exhibitions

The Museum De Casteelse Poort in Wageningen organized an exhibition about August Falise from 18 June 2010 until 20 February 2011. This exhibition attracted substantial regional media attention and led to renewed interest in the once famous Dutch sculptor.

Work

Statues that can be seen in public space: * 1910 –

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, 't Groentje,

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* 1911 –

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, Stationsplein,

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, in 1933 verplaatst naar de tuin van het * 1919 –

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, since 2003 a replica in Durres,

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; second replica since 28 June 2014 in the Senate building at the

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* 1921 – Heilig Hartbeeld, Keulsepoort,

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* 1926 –

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, Comeniuslaan (bij aula Radboud Universiteit); 1946: Wilhelminasingel,

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(onthulling 1 juni 1926) * 1926 – De Zaaier (''The Sower''), Herenstraat, Wageningen (unveiled 14 September 1926; moved to Costerweg in 1990, and to Droevendaalsesteeg in 2012) * 1927 – Dr. Herman Schaepman, Es,

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(onthulling 11 augustus 1927) * 1927 – Mr. Wiardus Willem van Haersma Buma, Emmen (onthulling 5 oktober 1927) * 1928 –

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, tegen over Hoofdstraat 29,

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. (onthulling mei 1929 te Emmen * 1929 –

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, Molenwater,

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(onthulling 20 augustus 1929) * 1930 –

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, Munsterkerk,

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(onthulling 10 juni 1930) * 1930 –

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, Markt,

(onthulling 17 juni 1930) * 1933 – Borstbeeld van Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz in

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(onthulling 8 juli 1933 door prins-gemaal

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) * 1934 – Dr. Alfons Ariëns, Ariënsplein,

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(onthulling 16 juni 1934) * 1934 – Kardinaal Van Rossum, Kardinaal van Rossumplein, 's-Hertogenbosch (onthulling 24 juni 1934) Source: www.vanderkrogt.net Some

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s designed by August Falise: * Medallion at the occasion of the birth of

princess Juliana Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. ...

with the portraits of

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and prince Hendrik, April 1909 * Honorary Medal of the Municipality of

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* Honorary Medal of the City of

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* Medallion of composer and musician Gustaaf Adolf Heinze * The three

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Gallery

File:'s-Hertogenbosch Rijksmonument 522493 Jeroen Bosch op de Markt.JPG, Jeroen Bosch
('s-Hertogenbosch) File:Bosboom-Toussaint August Falise Kennemerstraatweg Alkmaar.JPG, Bosboom-Toussaint, 1912
(Alkmaar) File:Amersfoort kunstwerk oldenbarnevelt.jpg,

(Amersfoort) File:Clément van Maasdijk Arnhem.JPG, Clément van Maasdijk
(Arnhem) File:Christus Heilig Hart August Falise Ginnekenweg Breda.JPG, Christus Heilig Hart, 1926
(Breda) File:Borstbeeld thomson.jpg,

(Groningen) File:Christusbeeld Oosterbeek.JPG, Christus Heilig Hart
(Oosterbeek) Image:Pierre Cuypers statue.jpg, Statue

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. ...

(Roermond) File:Sappemeer - Heilig Hartbeeld (1924) van August Falise.jpg, Christus Heilig Hart
(Sappermeer) File:20060703 Schaepman beeld Tubbergen.jpg, Dr. Herman Schaepman
(Tubbergen) File:De zaaier.jpg, De zaaier
(Wageningen) File:Monument Vrijwillige Landstorm.jpg, Monument Vrijwillige Landstorm (Rhenen); replica by Roel van der Burg of sculpture destroyed in World War II

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