Charles Samuel (; 29 December 1862, in

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

– 3 February 1938 or 1939, in

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) was a Belgian sculptor, engraver and medalist.

Life

Samuel was born in Brussels and trained there. He studied engraving with Léopold Wiener, sculpture with

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 ...

, Joseph Jaquet and

Charles van der Stappen Charles van der Stappen (also Karl van der Stappen; 19 September 1843 – 21 October 1910), was a Belgian sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Life Educated at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1859–1868), van der Stappen ...

, and medal-making with the goldsmith and sculptor

Philippe Wolfers Philippe Wolfers (16 April 185813 December 1929) was a Belgian silversmith, jeweler, sculptor, medallist and designer. His mature work belongs to the Art Nouveau style, while in his later years his work aligned with Art Deco. As a jewel designer, ...

. He began his career in 1889, from his house and workshop in Ixelles, which was the first project of noted Belgian architect Henri Van Dievoet. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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. His wife was the French pianist

Clotilde Kleeberg Clotilde Kleeberg (27 June 1866 – 7 February 1909) was a French pianist. She was also known as Clotilde Kleeberg-Samuel. The daughter of Martin Kleeberg and Henriette Cahn, natives of Germany, she was born in Paris. She began taking privat ...

Work

* monument to the novelist

Charles De Coster Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Early life and education He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Coster, was a n ...

at the

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in Ixelles, modeled by

Neel Doff Cornelia Hubertina "Neel" Doff (27 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a writer of Dutch descent living and working in Belgium and mainly writing in French. She is one of the most important contributors to proletarian literature. Biography Bor ...

, 1894 * ''The Lion'',

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, circa 1898 * female figuration of

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(Belgian national anthem, in French language of female though in Dutch of male

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), Surlet de Chokier square, Brussels, 1930 * bronze military memorial at the

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* ''Vuakusu Batetela defends a woman from an Arab''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuel, Charles 1862 births 1939 deaths Artists from Brussels 20th-century Belgian sculptors 19th-century Belgian sculptors 19th-century Belgian male artists Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian male artists

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