Baron Thomas Jules Vinçotte (1850–1925) was a Belgian sculptor and medallist.

Life

Vinçotte was the son of Jean-Marie Vinçotte, born in

Borgerhout Borgerhout () is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium. , the district houses 45,769 inhabitants on 3,93 km². It was an independent municipality until January 1983. The postal area code for Borgerhout is 2140. Geography Borgerhout is divided ...

and brother of the engineer Robert Vinçotte. Thomas initially trained at the

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (french: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts - École supérieure des Arts de la Ville de Bruxelles (ARBA-ESA), nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel), is an art school established in B ...

in Brussels under Joseph Jacquet and

Eugène Simonis Louis-Eugène Simonis (11 July 1810, in Liège – 11 July 1893, in Koekelberg) was a Belgian sculptor. Career Simonis studied under François-Joseph Dewandre at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège and at the age of nineteen went to I ...

, then continued his education in Paris at the

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under

Pierre-Jules Cavelier Pierre-Jules Cavelier (30 August 1814, Paris – 28 January 1894, Paris) was a French academic sculptor. Biography The son of a silversmith and furniture maker, Cavelier was born in Paris. He was a student of the sculptors David d'Angers an ...

. He returned to Belgium and from 1886 through 1921 he lectured at the National University of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Vinçotte developed strong social and political ties with the court of

King Leopold II * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

, as evidenced by his baronial title, his many commissions for large government projects, multiple equestrian statues of the king, portrait busts of the royal family and important officials, and his designs for Belgian coinage circa 1905. A street in

Schaerbeek (French and archaic Dutch, ) or (contemporary Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Etterbeek, Evere and S ...

is named in his honor.

Honours

* 1881: Knight in the Order of Leopold. * 1887: Officer in the Order of Leopold. * 1896: Commander in the Order of Leopold.

Work

* ''Allegory of Truth'', a marble monument to sculptor G. L. Godecharle,

Brussels Park Brussels Park (french: Parc de Bruxelles, ; nl, Warandepark) is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. Formerly known and still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park (french: Parc royal, nl, Koninklijk Park ...

, 1881 * ''Le dompteur de chevaux'' ("Horse Tamer"), Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, Brussels, 1885 * Bronze monument to

François Anneessens Frans Anneessens (in Dutch) or François Anneessens (in French) (25 February 1660 – 19 September 1719) was dean of the Nation of St. Christopher, one of the Guilds of Brussels, Belgium. He was beheaded on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' ...

, Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein, Brussels, 1889 * Bronze monument to

Jan Palfijn Jan Palfijn (name sometimes spelled Jean Palfyn or Jan Palfyn) (28 November 1650 – 21 April 1730) was a Flemish surgeon and obstetrician who was a native of Kortrijk in the County of Flanders. He practiced medicine in Ypres and Paris, and in 1697 ...

, Schouwburgplein,

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and large ...

, 1889 * Pediment sculpture showing ''Belgium'' flanked by allegorical groups representing ''Industry'' and ''Agriculture'',

Royal Palace of Brussels The Royal Palace of Brussels (french: Palais royal de Bruxelles, , nl, Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel , german: Königlicher Palast von Brüssel) is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capita ...

, * Bronze bust of Georges Montefiore-Levi,

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

, 1904 * The

quadriga A () is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast and favoured for chariot racing in Classical Antiquity and the Roman Empire until the Late Middle Ages. The word derives from the Latin contraction of , from ': four, and ': yoke. The four- ...

entitled ''Brabant Raising the National Flag'' or ''Quadriga of Brabant'', atop the triumphal arch at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels, with fellow sculptor Jules Lagae, 1904–1905 * Multifigure monument to the Belgian inventor

Zénobe Gramme Zénobe Théophile Gramme (4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented ...

, Liège, 1905 * Two bronze figures of ''Fame'' with chariots, atop the

Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Dutch: ''Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen'', ''KMSKA'') is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth t ...

, installed 1905 * Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo, at the Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, 1921 * Equestrian Statue of Leopold II, /, Brussels, 1926 * Bronze group of ''Seahorses'' and ''Tritons'', for the park of the Royal Castle of Ardenne (transferred to Laeken Park in Brussels) File:Hestebetvinger (København).jpg, ''Le dompteur de chevaux'', Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, Brussels, 1885 File:Monument à François Anneessens - 01.JPG, Monument to François-Anneessens, Place Anneessens/Anneessensplein, Brussels, 1889 File:Kmska 6.JPG, ''Fame'' with chariot, atop the

, 1905 File:Monument aux pionniers belges au Congo 01.JPG, Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo,

Cinquantenaire The Parc du Cinquantenaire ( French for "Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary", pronounced ) or Jubelpark (Dutch for "Jubilee Park", pronounced ) is a large public, urban park of in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgi ...

, Brussels, 1921 File:Statue équestre de Léopold II - 01.JPG, Equestrian Statue of Leopold II, /, Brussels, 1926

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vincotte, Thomas 1850 births 1925 deaths Belgian architectural sculptors People from Borgerhout 20th-century Belgian sculptors 19th-century Belgian sculptors 19th-century Belgian male artists Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century Belgian male artists