Alle Sculptures | Kunst in de Stad

SINT-NICOLAASBEELD (ACHIEL PAUWELS) At the foot of the City Hall belfry of , in the Market Square stands the impressive…

VERZOENING (GISLEEN HEIRBAUT) At first glance, the sculpture appears to be an abstract composition, made from a single marble block.…

ZEEMEERMIN (WILLY KREITZ) By the bridge over the pond in the city park the statue of a mermaid rises from…

ZANGERTJE (LODE EYCKERMANS) In the immediate vicinity of ‘Najade’ (Alphonse Darville) the street is embellished by the statues, ‘Zangertje (Little…

TINE (LODE EYCKERMANS) In the immediate vicinity of ‘Najade’ (by Alphons Darville) the street is embellished by ‘Zangertje (Little Singer)’…

SLAVINNETJE (ERNEST WIJNANTS) ‘Slavinnetje’ (‘Little slave’) is sculpted in 1917. Stripped of all clothing, in her nakedness she evokes even…

GRATIE (ERNEST WIJNANTS) The sculpture ‘Gratie’ (Grace) dates from 1917. As he repeatedly does, the sculptor has added a subtle…

BACCHANTE (ERNEST WIJNANTS) Bacchante’: in Greek and Roman mythology she is a devotee of Dionysos-Bacchus, God of wine. This standing…

DE SCHAAPHERDER (FRANS HEIRBAUT) In rural Sinaai, numerous shepherds used to wander with their flocks. One of them was Jef…

DE ZWEMMERS (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) This plaster work is the model for the actual bas-relief in white stone, on display in…

ADOLESCENTE (ALPHONSE DARVILLE) In a letter, from Alphonse Darville to Kunst in de Stad, dated March 12, 1988, the artist…

BUSTE KAREL MECHIELS (ALBERT TERSAGO) MECHIELS Karel (1927 – 2017) Painter, draughtsman, pastelist, aquarellist and etcher. Studied at the academy…