Jean CANNEEL (1889-1963) - Lot 216

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Jean CANNEEL (1889-1963) - Lot 216
Jean CANNEEL (1889-1963) Histoire du Congo, very large art deco bas-relief, glazed plaster, crack, wooden frame, signed lower right, +/- 144 x 70 cm. Note: Jean Canneel (1889-1969) was a Belgian realist sculptor whose work gradually evolved towards cubism and expressionism, while retaining a monumental sobriety and a keen sense of synthesis and contour. Born into a family of artists from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, he trained at the Brussels Academy with Charles Van Der Stappen and Victor Rousseau, winning several prizes early on that took him to Italy. After the First World War, he developed a style that was both realistic and expressive, in which formal rigor is combined with restrained emotion. His stay in the Belgian Congo (1957) marked an important stage in his career: there, he created the monument to Leopold II in Luluabourg, a bronze bust of Queen Elisabeth in Kilo-Moto, as well as several commemorative works in Matadi, testifying to the international scope of his art and its adaptation to official commissions in a colonial context. In Belgium, we owe him the monument des Lanciers in Spa, L'Été au parc du Cinquantenaire, the Mémorial aux médecins de l'hôpital Saint-Pierre, as well as monumental sculptures and bas-reliefs in Brussels and Gembloux. His works are kept in several museums, including Ixelles, Kaunas, Riga and Tallin, confirming his influence beyond Belgian borders.
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