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BUSTE ALBERT DELVAUX

BUSTE ALBERT DELVAUX
BUSTE ALBERT DELVAUX (BOB WELLENS) DELVAUX Albert (1913 - 2007) Composer and cello player. Studied at the Royal Academy of Leuven and then Liege. Got the prize for virtuosity for cello (1935), a higher degree for chamber music (1936) and a first prize for counterpoint and fugue. After this, he studied conducting at the Mozarteum…
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NAJADE

NAJADE
NAJADE (ALPHONSE DARVILLE) The main pedestrian shopping street in the centre of Sint-Niklaas is the Stationsstraat. When the street was renovated in November 2013, seven statues, by three artists, were given a new, prominent place. They make the Stationsstraat more than a mere shopping street. People who are not fond of shopping are pampered in…
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PUBERTEIT

PUBERTEIT
PUBERTEIT (ERNEST WIJNANTS) In this early work ‘Puberteit’ (‘Puberty’), the sculptor tries to represent the simplicity, purity and unsophisticated quality of the young female body. In that aspect it gives, in comparison with his other works, a distinct vision on female nudes. ‘Puberteit’ was the wedding present of Ernest Wijnants to his good friend, the…
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HET WOORD

HET WOORD
HET WOORD (IDEL IANCHELEVICI) We cannot ignore it! Our attention is unavoidably drawn to one of the most famous sights of Sint-Niklaas: the large sculpture ‘Het Woord’(‘The Word’), while in its background we see the towers of the City Hall belfry and the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. Since 1988 the Market Square is dominated by the monumental statue…
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