Nathanael Neujean (5 January 1923 – 4 February 2018) was a Belgian sculptor from
Antwerp
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. A figurative artist,
he mostly worked in plaster and bronze.
His works are held in various international collections. He has been honored as a Grand Officer of the
Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to:
* Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918
* Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium
* Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...
and Grand Officer of the
Order of the Crown.
Biography
Neujean was born in Antwerp, 5 January 1923. During the years 1939 to 1941, he was a student at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Among his better known busts are those of
Tintin
Tintin usually refers to:
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), the protagonist and titular character of the series
Tintin or Tin Tin may also refer to:
Material related to ''The A ...
(1954) for the
Belgian Comic Strip Center
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in Brussels,
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of T ...
(1958),
and
Robert Schumann
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(1987), a bronze bust in the
Parc du Cinquantenaire
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Most buildings of the U-shaped complex that dominate the park were commissioned by the ...
of Brussels. He is also noted for his life-sized nude, ''La Belle Toscane''. Another of his sculptures, a figurative bronze titled ''Lot's Wife'' (1968), is in the US at the
Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden of
Dallas
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, Texas. His mounted bronze of
Henry Moore
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is part of the Collection of
Charles Rand Penney,
while ''Tendresse'', a bronze, is part of the collection at
McNay Art Museum
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.
His work has been exhibited at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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in 1964, and
Rolly-Michaux on
Madison Avenue
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in New York City in 1974.
Facing discrimination as a Jew during World War II, he later did much towards Jewish heritage in Belgium; in January 1963 for instance he produced a number of different models related to the Holocaust at the
Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
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External links
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Official site
Belgian male sculptors
1923 births
2018 deaths
Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Artists from Antwerp
Belgian Jews
Jewish sculptors
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