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LAMBEAUX, JEF (See also:JOSEPH See also:MARIE See also:THOMAS), (1852-1908) , Belgian sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Antwerp. He studied at. the Antwerp See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts, and was a See also:pupil of See also:Jean Geefs. His first See also:work, " See also:War," was exhibited in 1871, and was followed by a See also:long See also:series of humorous See also:groups, including " See also:Children dancing," " Say ` See also:Good See also:Morning,' " " The Lucky Number " and " An See also:Accident " (1875). He then went to See also:Paris, where he executed for the Belgian salons " The See also:Beggar " and " The See also:Blind Pauper," and produced " The See also:Kiss " (1881), generally regarded as his masterpiece. After visiting See also:Italy, where he was much impressed by the See also:works of Jean Bologne, he showed a strong predilection for effects of force and See also:motion. Other notable worksare his See also:fountain at Antwerp (1886), " Robbing the See also:Eagle's See also:Eyrie " (189o), " See also:Drunkenness " (1893), " The See also:Triumph of Woman," " The Bitten Faun " (which created a See also:great stir at the Exposition Universelle at See also:Liege in 1905), and " The Human Passions," a See also:colossal See also:marble bas-See also:relief, elaborated from a See also:sketch exhibited in 1889. Of his numerous busts may be mentioned those of Hendrik See also:Conscience, and of See also:Charles Bals, the burgomaster of See also:Brussels. He died on the 6th of See also:June 1908.

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