Constantin Meunier

CONSTANTIN MEUNIER (Etterbeek, 1831-1905, Ixelles) CONSTANTIN MEUNIER (Etterbeek, 1831-1905, Ixelles) The sculptor of workers’ dignity, monumental voice of Belgian social realism, praised by Van Gogh and Rodin. Constantin Meunier was born in 1831 in Etterbeek, a...

Pozzi

FAMIGLIA POZZI (Lombardy, 19th-20th century) FAMIGLIA POZZI (Lombardy, 19th-20th century) A lineage of Lombard sculptors specialised in decorative figures in noble materials, between late academicism and Art Deco elegance. The signature “Pozzi” refers to a...

Gilbert Privat

GILBERT PRIVAT (Toulouse, 1892-1969, Soulac-sur-Mer) GILBERT PRIVAT (Toulouse, 1892-1969, Soulac-sur-Mer) French Art Deco sculptor, wounded and decorated combatant, creator of luminous feminine figures and sober commemorative monuments. Gilbert Privat was born on 27...

Giovanni Scanzi

GIOVANNI SCANZI (Genoa, 1840-1915) GIOVANNI SCANZI (Genoa, 1840-1915) Tutelary figure of Genoese sculpture, master of marble between academicism and tenderness of gaze, whose work rests in the cemetery he himself sculpted. Giovanni Scanzi was born in Genoa on 23...

Karel Schuermans

KAREL SCHUERMANS (Antwerp, 1869-1962) KAREL SCHUERMANS (Antwerp, 1869-1962) Self-taught Antwerp sculptor, from masonry to expressive bronzes, whose work and archives were partly carried away by the bombs of 1943. Karel Schuermans was born in Antwerp in 1869, the son...

Pierre Traverse

PIERRE TRAVERSE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1892-1979, Ivry-sur-Seine) PIERRE TRAVERSE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1892-1979, Ivry-sur-Seine) French Art Deco sculptor, celebrant of femininity and maternity in a language of pure volumes and supple lines. Pierre Traverse was...