Louis Samain (July 4, 1834 – October 24, 1901) was a Belgian sculptor. Samain was born in

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, and studied at the

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under Louis Simonis. After winning the Belgian

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

, he lived for a time in Italy. In 1889, he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle, and in 1895 his work was shown at the

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in Paris. He died in

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Selected works

* ''Architecture'', on the facade of the

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* ''Earth'' and ''Water'', at les Halles centrales (destroyed in 1956) * ''Italian Arts'' and ''Spanish Arts'', in the garden of the Musée des Beaux-Arts * ''Jean van Ruysbroeck'' * ''Monument to Work'', formerly on the old Gare de Bruxelles-Midi * ''Nègres marrons surpris par des chiens'' (also known as ''Esclave repris par les chiens'') * ''Thémis'', on the Palais de Justice in

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* ''Tinctoris'' in

References

Obituary

Oxford Index

(French)
Samain's works
in the

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samain, Louis Belgian male sculptors 19th-century Belgian sculptors 1834 births 1901 deaths