Albert Desenfans

Belgian sculptor

Constant Albrecht (Albert) Desenfans (Genappe,^[1] 24 January 1845 – Braine-l'Alleud, 12 March 1938) was a Belgian sculptor.

Life

Desenfans studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels as a pupil of Eugène Simonis. Most of the work in his career is related to the building and public park projects of King Leopold II between 1870 and 1907.^[2] In his hometown of Schaerbeek, a street is named after him.

Work

Bronze figures of Hainaut and Limbourg, on the triumphal arch at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels
Figures of Day and Night in the Passage du Nord, Brussels
Work at the Botanical Garden of Brussels
Eve and the Serpent (1913) and other work at Josaphat Park, Schaerbeek
Figure of Justice at the Palace of Justice, Brussels^[3]

References

^ "Desenfans, Albrecht Constant". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011.
^ Wijnsouw, Jana (27 September 2017). "9.2: Building for King and Country". National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-77814-5.
^ Wijnsouw, Jana (27 September 2017). "8.3: Sculpture at the Palace of Justice: A Lesson Learned?". National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-77814-5.