Frans Deckers (20 March 1835 – 18 October 1916) was a Belgian sculptor.
Life and work
Joannes Franciscus Deckers was born in Antwerp on 20 March 1835, to Jean François Deckers (born in
Merksem
Merksem (; former spelling: ''Merxem'') is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has 44,808 inhabitants as of 2021.
History
The history of Merksem goes back to Gallo-Roman times. During that perio ...
, circa 1800), a baker, and Maria Catharina Stumpers (born in
Eindhoven
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Frans Deckers studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, where he was taught by
Joseph Geefs
Joseph Germain Geefs or Jozef Germain Geefs (23 December 1808 – 9 October 1885) was a Belgian sculptor. Also his six brothers Guillaume Geefs, Aloys Geefs, Jean Geefs, Théodore Geefs, Charles Geefs and Alexandre Geefs were sculptors.
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. He mainly made idyllic sculptures with a romantic undertone.
In 1864 he won the Prix de Rome. From 1885 to 1916 he himself was a professor at the Antwerp Academy. He taught, among others, visual artist .
Deckers died in the fall of 1916 at the age of 81. He was interred in a family grave, at the Sint-Fredegandus cemetery in Deurne.