Benoît Van Uytvanck Explained

Benoît Van Uytvanck (25 June 1857 – 6 November 1927) was a Belgian sculptor.[1]

Life and work

Van Uytvanck was born on 25 June 1857 in Hamme, East Flanders, Belgium.

He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Bethune.[2] He became a sculptor chiefly of religious subjects. Van Uytvanck also worked as a restorer of sculptures. As such he was most active in the churches in Leuven and Mechelen.[3] [4] His work was often discussed in the Bulletin des Métiers d'Art. His style has been described as a "sober and less dogmatic interpretation of the Gothic Revival".[2] In 1903 he completed an ornate tabernacle (Sacramentstoren) in white stone, as well statues of Mary and Saint John and an altarpiece of Saint Anne in polychrome wood for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk of Mechelen.[5] In 1909 he completed a Neo-Gothic altarpiece of The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady for the same church.[5]

He had an atelier in Leuven,[6] dealing mainly with church furnishings.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Meunier . Constantin . Van Gelder . Hilde . Constantin Meunier A Dialogue with Allan Sekula . 2005 . Leuven University Press . 9789058674883 . 29 . 14 December 2021.
  2. Book: de Maeyer . Jan . De Sint-Lucasscholen en de neogotiek, 1862-1914 . 1988 . Universitaire Pers Leuven . 1988 . 9789061862673 . 14 December 2021.
  3. Book: Uytvanck, Benoît van . https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00187455 . Oxford Art Online . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00187455 . 14 December 2021. Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 .
  4. Book: Druart . Emmanuelle . Lochman . Thomas . La collection des moulages de l'UCLouvain . 2020 . Presses universitaires de Louvain . 9782875588777 . 27 . 14 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Parochiekerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouw over de Dijle . Inventaris Vlaanderen . 14 December 2021.
  6. Book: van Dijk . Rudolf . Caspers . Charles . Hofman . Rijcklof . Twaalf kapittels over ontstaan, bloei en doorwerking van de Moderne Devotie. 2012 . Verloren . 9789087043148 . 312 . 14 December 2021.
  7. Book: van Even . Edward . Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent . 14 December 2021 . 189 . 1895.

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