Brussels Exhibition medal

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0896
• Dates of Creation:1910
• Name of Creator:
  Devreese, Godefroid
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Royaume de Belgique, Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles, 1910.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Devreese studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Coutrai in Flanders and under his father, the well-known sculptor Constant Devreese. In 1881 he went to Brussels to under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 he gained the second Prix de Rome for his bas relief of The Death of Caesar. In 1889 he obtained a first prize in a competition for sculpture from life opened by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and in the same year, the gold medal at the Exhibition of Cologne.

• Note

  Devreese studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Coutrai in Flanders and under his father, the well-known sculptor Constant Devreese. In 1881 he went to Brussels to under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 he gained the second Prix de Rome for his bas relief of The Death of Caesar. In 1889 he obtained a first prize in a competition for sculpture from life opened by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and in the same year, the gold medal at the Exhibition of Cologne.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  bronze
  Dimensions: 70 mm diameter

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Design (arts)

  Medals

• Geographical Names

  Belgium