Tom Frantzen (born 1954), is a Belgian sculptor, known for his street images.

Biography

Frantzen was born in 1954 in Brussels and studied at the National School of Architecture and Visual Arts,

La Cambre L'École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV), more known as La Cambre, is a renowned visual arts school founded by Henry van de Velde in Brussels in 1926. It was founded as the ''Institut supérieur des Arts décoratifs'' ...

. In 1977 he built his own foundry. He made study tours in France, Germany, Italy and the United States. Until 1990 he cast his images himself; since then he has contracted this work out.

Main works

*''Vaartkapoen'', 1985 *''

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'', Brussels, 1998 *''Madame chapeau'', Brussels *''De renaissance van de droom van Icarus'', Steenokkerzeel, 2007 *''De acrobaten'', Berchem, 2012 *''Bruegelbeeld'', Brussels, 2015 *'' L'Envol, a statue depicting

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'', Brussels, 2017

References

External links

langs de beelden van Tom Frantzen, schepen wilde niet dat Zinneke zou plassen

Sculptures 24595991016
on www.standbeelden.be
zwijndrecht.berandkrant.beBlog on ''La Libre Belgique''
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