Portfolio Category: sculptures

TRAHIABLAUTA

TRAHIABLAUTA

TRAHIABLAUTA (NICK ERVINCK) With this sculpture I wanted to symbolize a dance of joy, a sensual movement, the flow of the wind when ballooning, energy and strength. Just in these hard times, I wish a sculpture that radiates optimism and lets young and old dream away in their imagination. The sculpture looks like a strange…

OLYMPISCHE RINGEN

OLYMPISCHE RINGEN

OLYMPIC RINGS (HUGO VAN DER WILT) At the Sports Hall 'De Klavers' the symbol of the Olympic idea is really in place. The artist has made a large three-dimensional sculpture of it. The rings, made of stainless steel, are loosely stacked on top of each other and seem to float. In a world where many…

DE KLOKKENLAPPER

DE KLOKKENLAPPER

HE CLOCKTER (KOEN ROSSAERT) This folkloric figure refers to a mockery of the fooled inhabitants of Belsele. A tinker claimed he could repair the cracked church bell with gold and silver. The gullible villagers provided him with the precious metal but the man hastily disappeared. The sculptor succeeded in raising the popular and anecdotal nature…

DE WASSENDE VROUWEN

DE WASSENDE VROUWEN

WASHING WOMEN (DORA DE CONINCK) With nostalgia, the artist looks back to a rural world where the village community was still a close-knit unit. Two women stand near the pump and water tank, their eyes fixed on the laundry they are wringing out. Their headscarves are still traditional but their clothes are stylized. The little…

AGELESS LOVE

AGELESS LOVE

AGELESS LOVE (DELPHINE VAN SAKSEN-COBURG) The monumental sculpture is probably the most remarkable sculpture in the city. Not only because of the artist's fame but also because of the exceptional circumstances in which the work of art was created. In any case, it is the right sculpture, in the right place, at the right time.…

JOHANNA EN MARGARETHA VAN CONSTANTINOPEL 1217

JOHANNA EN MARGARETHA VAN CONSTANTINOPEL 1217

JOHANNA AND MARGARETHA OF CONSTANTINOPLE 1217 ( FRANS) HEIRBAUT On the same promenade of the Grand Place, our attention is caught by a sculpture group with two skeletons. They evoke mixed feelings in the viewer. On closer inspection, this is a complex, daring work of art. On the occasion of the celebration of 800 years…

ZITTENDE VROUW

ZITTENDE VROUW

ZITTENDE VROUW (GEORGE GRARD) The walk starts on the Market Square, right in front of the Tourist Office, which is housed in the historic building ‘De Cipierage’, a Renaissance building dating from 1662, and used to be the jail of Sint-Niklaas. Throughout the years, it was restored several times and was used as police station,…

LA TORDUE

LA TORDUE

LA TORDUE (GEORGE GRARD) A second statue facing the Tourist Office, close to first one, is also by Georges Grard. Larger and more fragile in her nakedness, ‘La Tordue’ draws all attention to herself. ‘La Tordue’ refers to one of his earlier works ‘The Sea’ or ‘Lying Nude’ in Ostend. This last statue (1952-1955)…

GERARD GAUDAEN

GERARD GAUDAEN

GERARD GAUDAEN (WINKE BESARD) To the right of the statue of the fox ‘Reynaert’ there is a section of the park where greenery appears to grow unimpeded. It is in fact a special project. Old trees were felled and were replaced by a large variety of bushes and smaller trees, attracting birds and insects; a…

UILENSPIEGEL

UILENSPIEGEL

UILENSPIEGEL (MARK MACKEN) We leave the area of the Grote Markt and turn right onto the Parklaan, a wide street built in 1951 right through the Walburg Castle estate. At the left-hand side of the street the remaining part of the former gardens of the castle are now the city park and act as a…

GILGAMESJ EN ISJTAR

GILGAMESJ EN ISJTAR

GILGAMESH AND ISHTAR (PAUL VAN GYSEGEM) The mythological figures of the Mesopotamia are impressive apparitions, roughly sculpted, born in a crucible of fire and glowing bronze. Ishtar, the archetype of the 'Great Mother', possesses dark powers but is worshipped as the goddess of love and fertility. Gilgamesh, the "Hero," is afraid of death. He…

BUSTE ROMAIN DE VIDTS

BUSTE ROMAIN DE VIDTS

BUSTE ROMAIN DE VIDTS (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) HEYNDRICKX Werner (1909 – 1986) Werner Heyndrickx was a sculptor of portraits and figures. His father, Jozef Heyndrickx, was a stonemason. Education at the academies of Sint-Niklaas and Antwerp and at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (studio of E. Wijnants). Teacher of sculpture…

BUSTE PORTRET

BUSTE PORTRET

BUSTE PORTRET (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) HEYNDRICKX Werner (1909 – 1986) Werner Heyndrickx was a sculptor of portraits and figures. His father, Jozef Heyndrickx, was a stonemason. Education at the academies of Sint-Niklaas and Antwerp and at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (studio of E. Wijnants). Teacher of sculpture at the Municipal…

BUSTE STUDIEMODEL

BUSTE STUDIEMODEL

BUSTE STUDIEMODEL (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) HEYNDRICKX Werner (1909 – 1986) Werner Heyndrickx was a sculptor of portraits and figures. His father, Jozef Heyndrickx, was a stonemason. Education at the academies of Sint-Niklaas and Antwerp and at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (studio of E. Wijnants). Teacher of sculpture at the Municipal…

BUSTE AUGUST VANDENBULCK

BUSTE AUGUST VANDENBULCK

BUSTES AUGUST VANDENBULCK (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) August Vandenbulck was born on 24-03-1885 in Sint-Niklaas, the only son of Lodewijk Vandenbulck and Henriette Verbruggen. He died in 1971 and was married to Martha Van Cotthem (1889-1969). They had 2 children Marcel (1921-2013) and Beatrice (1928-1943). He got a secondary education degree in Latin and Greek in…

BUSTE ADOLF CREYNS

BUSTE ADOLF CREYNS

BUSTE ADOLF CREYNS (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) Adolphe Cryns (1903 - 1991) Hij was gehuwd met Fernande Hommelen en had een dochter Denise. Hij werkte van 1924 tot 1933 in Leopoldstad in Belgisch Kongo en was politiecommissaris van Sint-Niklaas van 1939 tot 1968. Bij de mobilisatie van het Belgische leger wordt hij onder de wapens geroepen, maar…

BUSTE FRANCOIS SCHOETERS

BUSTE FRANCOIS SCHOETERS

BUSTE FRANCOIS SCHOETERS (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) HEYNDRICKX Werner (1909 – 1986) Werner Heyndrickx was a sculptor of portraits and figures. His father, Jozef Heyndrickx, was a stonemason. Education at the academies of Sint-Niklaas and Antwerp and at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp (studio of E. Wijnants). Teacher of sculpture at…

BUSTE HENRI DE LOVINFOSSE

BUSTE HENRI DE LOVINFOSSE

BUSTE HENRI DE LOVINFOSSE (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) (Luik in 1897 -1977) Gehuwd met Fernande Roos, de dochter van Alexis Roos. Ze kregen 3 kinderen. Hij wordt aangeduid als “nijveraar” wat voor de streek betekent dat hij fabrikant was. Hij richtte in 1925 in Opwijk de firma Manta (Spaans voor deken) op en verhuisde de zetel in 1930…

BUSTE HENDRIK HEYMAN

BUSTE HENDRIK HEYMAN

BUSTE HENDRIK HEYMAN (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) Hij was de oudste van 4 broers bij schoenmaker Pieter Frans Heyman en Philomena Janssens in de Nieuwstraat. Hij wordt onderwijzer op Tereken en leert er ook zijn vrouw kennen Maria Louise Van Puyvelde, waar hij na zijn huwelijk in 1907, 3 dochters mee krijgt. Hij engageert zich in de…

BUSTE ALBERT BRUGGEMAN

BUSTE ALBERT BRUGGEMAN

BUSTE ALBERT BRUGGEMAN (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) (1872-1960) Hij was gehuwd met Marie Peleman (1871-1960) en was vader van 3 kinderen Louis, Paula en Albert Jr. Hij wordt aangeduid als “nijveraar” wat in Sint-Niklaas betekend dat hij fabrikant was. Zijn firma “Tissage de Tapis et d’Ameublement Bruggeman” was initieel klein gestart in de Walburgstraat om daarna definitief…

BUSTE WERNER RUMES

BUSTE WERNER RUMES

BUSTE WERNER RUMES (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) (3 mei 1899-20 sept. 1968) was gehuwd met Adrienne Bruwiere (1898-1956) En had 2 kinderen Greta (°1928-2004) en Karel Rumes (°1932-1995) Werner Rumes wordt aangeduid als “Mecenas”. Hoogstwaarschijnlijk was hij dat ook want hij droeg cultuur hoog in het vaandel. “Hij had goede banden met Lea Steppe, Romain Malfliet,…

FAMILIE

FAMILIE

FAMILIE (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) On the site of the hospital AZ Nikolaas, 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 verge by the entrance. This work is perfectly situated by the entrance of the hospital.…

VERBONDENHEID

VERBONDENHEID

VERBONDENHEID (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) We return to the crossraods at the park, cross the street and walk into the Moerlandstraat, in the direction of the AZ Nikolaas hospital. In the lawn, next to the footpath in front of the hospital buildings, we can admire a work of Werner Heyndrickx, a sculptor from Sint-Niklaas. It expresses hope…

TUSSEN VERTWIJFELING EN HOOP

TUSSEN VERTWIJFELING EN HOOP

BETWEEN DESPAIR AND HOPE (WINKE BESARD) The main urban cemetery at Heimolen will be equipped with an imposing, bronze work of art. Between Hope and Despair represents a seated woman bent forward looking at the ground, without showing her face. The sculpture of the young Winke Besard (28) is currently made in polyester and will…

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