Jean-François Abeloos

Jean-François Abeloos
Born(1819-12-14)14 December 1819
Leuven, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died6 August 1886(1886-08-06) (aged 66)
Leuven, Belgium
EducationLeuven Academy of Fine Arts

Jean-François Abeloos (1819–1886) was a Belgian sculptor and art educator.

Life

Abeloos was born in Leuven on 14 December 1819, the son of Pierre Abeloos and Catherine Van den Put. He trained as a sculptor under Karel Geerts at the Leuven Academy of Fine Arts, as did his younger brother Michaël Abeloos.[1] In 1855, he succeeded Geerts in his position at the Academy.[1]

He was also a practising sculptor, exhibiting a Madonna and a St. Cecilia at the Brussels Salon of 1854 and working on the restoration of Leuven Town Hall around 1860, for which he also produced a series of busts.[1][2] He was particularly active in religious sculpture, executing works for churches throughout Belgium.[2] Works by Abeloos preserved in the chapel of the Petit Séminaire in Mechelen include a mise au tombeau (a depiction of the Burial of Jesus) and a chemin de croix (the Stations of the Cross).[1][2]

He died in Leuven on 6 August 1886 from typhoid fever.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.academieroyale.be. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ^ a b c Edmond Marchal, La sculpture et les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'orfèvrerie belges (Brussels, F. Hayez, 1895), p. 704.
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