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Aloïs De Beule (27 August 1861 in
Aged ten he entered his father's shoemaking business. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Sint-Lucasschool in Ghent where he won the first prize in sculpture in 1888. In 1889 he and his brother Emile De Beule set up a studio together. They began in a barn in the Sint-Pietersdorp (Sint-Pieters-Aalst) district of Ghent, on the spot where '' Het Ros Beiaard'' stands - he produced that sculpture for the World Exhibition of 1913 in Ghent, in collaboration with Domien Ingels, an animal sculptor, and it proved a breakthrough for both of them. De Beule was also later commissioned by the architects
File:Alois de Beule - Chatelaine du XVI - gauche.jpg, Chatelaine du XVI
File:Monument Ieperse gesneuvelden (DSCF9440).jpg, 'Fury of Ypres'
File:Gent.standbeeld01.jpg, Ros Beiaard in Ghent
File:Winssen (Beuningen Gld) H.Hartbeeld.JPG, Sacred Heart, Winssen
File:Binche - Monument de l'Indépendance.jpg, Independence Monument, Binche
Biography of De Beule
De Beule's entry in the ODIS-databank
{{DEFAULTSORT:Debeule, Alois 19th-century Belgian sculptors 20th-century Belgian sculptors Belgian male sculptors 1861 births 1935 deaths People from Zele
Zele
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– 15 December 1935 in Ghent
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) was a Belgian sculptor.
Biography
Aged ten he entered his father's shoemaking business. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Sint-Lucasschool in Ghent where he won the first prize in sculpture in 1888. In 1889 he and his brother Emile De Beule set up a studio together. They began in a barn in the Sint-Pietersdorp (Sint-Pieters-Aalst) district of Ghent, on the spot where '' Het Ros Beiaard'' stands - he produced that sculpture for the World Exhibition of 1913 in Ghent, in collaboration with Domien Ingels, an animal sculptor, and it proved a breakthrough for both of them. De Beule was also later commissioned by the architects Jean-Baptiste Bethune
Jean-Baptiste Bethune (April 25, 1821 – June 18, 1894) was a Belgian architect, artisan and designer who played a pivotal role in the Belgian and Catholic Gothic Revival movement. He was called by some the "''Pugin of Belgium''", with referen ...
and Valentin Vaerwyck
Valentin Vaerwyck (3 March 1882, in Ghent – 27 November 1959) was a Flemish Belgian architect.
Zomergemgemeentehuis 9-08-2008 11-28-23.JPG, Town hall in Zomergem, 1923
Gerechtshof_dendermonde.jpg, Dendermonde courthouse, 1927
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. His pupils included Geo Verbanck, Leo Sarteel, Oscar Sinia
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, Jules Vits
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and Modeste Van Hecke
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Works
* The monument to thePeasants' War
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in the church square in Overmere
* Ros Beiaard
* Bronze statue of Adriaan Poirters
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in Oisterwijk
* Stations of the Cross for (among others) the Sint-Jacobskerk in Ghent, the Sint-Quintinuskerk in Zonhoven
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, the Church of the Annunciation in London, St Anne's Church in Liverpool
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and St Augustine's Church in Ramsgate
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* Gilded statue of St Gudule in the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudule, Brussels, 1912
* Statue of the Sacred Heart in the Emmaplein in 's-Hertogenbosch
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* Busts of (among others) Antoon Stillemans
Antoon Stillemans (10 December 1832, Sint-Niklaas – 5 November 1916, Ghent) was for 26 years the twenty-fourth bishop of Ghent, in Belgium.
Education
Stillemans began studies at the St. Joseph Minor Seminary of Sint-Niklaas in 1846. In 1853 h ...
, Hendrik Conscience
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and Prudens Van Duyse
Prudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse (Dendermonde, 17 September 1804 – Ghent, 13 November 1859) was a Flanders, Flemish writer. He started his career a clerk of a Civil law notary, notary, but afterwards studied law at the University of Gh ...
* Monument to the fallen in the town park in Ruiselede
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, 1923
* Crucifix and Calvary in the pilgrimage route in Bareldonk Berlare
* Bronze statue of Christ the King in the church in Ophasselt, near Geraardsbergen
Gallery
References
External links
Biography of De Beule
De Beule's entry in the ODIS-databank
{{DEFAULTSORT:Debeule, Alois 19th-century Belgian sculptors 20th-century Belgian sculptors Belgian male sculptors 1861 births 1935 deaths People from Zele