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George Minne (1866-1941)

Professions: Sculptor; Illustrator

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    GEORGE MINNE (1866-1941)

    GEORGE MINNE (1866-1941)

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    Georges Minne (1866-1941)

    Georges Minne (1866-1941)

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    GEORGE MINNE (1866-1941)

    GEORGE MINNE (1866-1941)

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    GEORGE MINNE BELGIAN, 1866-1941 LES SAINTES FEMMES AU TOMBEAU (THREE HOLY WOMEN AT THE TOMB)

    GEORGE MINNE BELGIAN, 1866-1941 LES SAINTES FEMMES AU TOMBEAU (THREE HOLY WOMEN AT THE TOMB)

George Minne Biography

(b Ghent, 30 Aug 1866; d Laethem-Saint-Martin, 18 Feb 1941). Belgian sculptor, draughtsman and illustrator. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Ghent (1879–86) and worked in Ghent (until 1895) and Brussels (1895–9) before settling in Laethem-Saint-Martin, a village near Ghent. His first works were delicate sculptures and sparse drawings of grieving and injured figures. The emotional power of these works was recognized by many Symbolist poets including Maurice Maeterlinck, Charles Van Lerberghe and Grégoire Le Roy, who saw in them an expression of their own pessimistic view of life. He illustrated several of their collections of poetry (e.g. Grégoire Le Roy: Mon Coeur pleure d’autrefois (Paris, 1889); Maurice Maeterlinck: Serres chaudes (Paris, 1889)). From 1890 he was involved with the progressive element among the artists and authors of Brussels. He exhibited for the first time that year under the auspices of the avant-garde society Les XX in Brussels, and two years later he participated in the Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris. His principal supporter was Emile Verhaeren.

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