Aloïs De Beule (27 August 1861 in Zele – 15 December 1935 in Ghent) was a Belgian sculptor.

Biography

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Statue of the Sacred heart on Emmaplein in 's-Hertogenbosch - a collaboration between De Beule and Dorus Hermsen.
 
Statue of 'Ros Beiaard' in the Paul de Smet de Naeyerplein in Ghent

Aged ten he entered his father's shoemaking business. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Sint-Lucasschool in Ghent where he won the first prize in sculpture in 1888. In 1889 he and his brother Emile De Beule set up a studio together. They began in a barn in the Sint-Pietersdorp (Sint-Pieters-Aalst) district of Ghent, on the spot where Het Ros Beiaard stands - he produced that sculpture for the World Exhibition of 1913 in Ghent, in collaboration with Domien Ingels, an animal sculptor, and it proved a breakthrough for both of them. De Beule was also later commissioned by the architects Jean-Baptiste Bethune and Valentin Vaerwyck. His pupils included Geo Verbanck, Leo Sarteel, Oscar Sinia, Jules Vits and Modeste Van Hecke

Works

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References

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  1. ^ England, Historic. "CHURCH OF ST ANNE AND PRESBYTERY, Non Civil Parish - 1405152 - Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
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