Portfolio Category: walk-green route

FAMILIE (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) On the site of the Vitaz hospital, in the Moerlandstraat, we can find a second group of statues called ‘Familie’ and made by Werner Heyndrickx, a sculptor living in Sint-Niklaas. It stands in a raised green  border by the entrance. This work is perfectly situated by the entrance of the hospital. The…

VERBONDENHEID (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) In the Moerlandstraat in front of the hospital buildings, we can admire a work of Werner Heyndrickx, a sculptor from Sint-Niklaas. It expresses hope and is named ‘Verbondenheid’. It is as if his figures emerge out of the soil, not as individuals but as people in unity, intensely linked. As a child,…

DE BARING (KAREL AUBROECK) Karel Aubroeck was one of the most famous 20th century Flemish sculptors.  His art is characterised by monumentalism. His style is expressionistic, showing an affinity with German expressionism. Some sculptures bear witness of a radical simplification by their geometrical and abstract design. Other statues, through their closed character, radiate a turbulent…

FIGUUR IN LOVER (JAN ALFONS KEUSTERMANS) In the Hospitaalstraat, opposite the hospital, is a bas-relief ‘Figuur in Lover’,(‘Figure in Foliage’), on the wall near the entrance of ‘De Plataan’, a care home for elderly people needing extra care, due to their vulnerability. The poignancy of the residents’ situation is sensitively portrayed by the artist. The…

MIJMERENDE MUZE (JAN ALFONS KEUSTERMANS) High above the Hospitaalstraat is a covered footbridge, linking the two sections of the Vitaz, which were formerly two separate hospitals “Maria Middelares” and “Stadskliniek”. Before reaching this point, we see, to our left and behind an imposing iron gate, the colourful castle ‘Moerlandkasteel’, a protected building since 1976. This…