Prix Godecharle Explained

The Prix Godecharle (Dutch; Flemish: '''Godecharleprijs'''|italic=no), also known in English as the Godecharle Prize or the Godecharle Contest, is a contest for art students, the winners of which are granted a scholarship allocated by the Godecharle Foundation. The prize allows young talents, unknown before the award, to become recognized by a panel of experts made up of famous artists. The conditions for participation are that contestants are less than 35 years old, of Belgian nationality, or members of a country of the European Community who have lived in Belgium for at least five years. The renown of the contest is based, amongst other things, upon the reputation of the artists who sit on the jury.

Napoléon Godecharle created the Godecharle Foundation on 15 March 1871 in remembrance of his father, the prominent sculptor Gilles-Lambert Godecharle, with the aim of promoting the education and the career of young Belgian artists, either sculptors, painters or architects. To this end, the Prix Godecharle is organized by the foundation every other year. The foundation has entrusted a provincial board, the so-called Commission Provinciale des Fondations de bourses d’études du Brabant, with the management of the contest and the follow-up exhibitions of the works of participants. The Godecharle bursaries are allocated by this board, on proposals made up by the jury of renowned artists.

The contest

The first contest was organized in 1881. At the start, the competition took place every three years on the occasion of the Salons triennaux des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium. Because of the First World War, the contest was adjourned until 1921. Since 1933, it is held every two years.

The laureates win prize money of €5,000, granted in two instalments over two years. In accordance with its founder's wishes, the winners have to spend this money on travelling abroad in order to improve their education or to conduct research, traditionally in Italy, the ceaseless return to Renaissance sources.

The jury

Many famous painters, sculptors and architects of these last hundred years have accepted to be members of the contest's jury.[1] Some of them are internationally recognized, including Emile Claus, Paul Delvaux, Léon Frédéric, Fernand Khnopff, Constant Permeke, Jean Brusselmans, Louis Van Lint, Victor Bourgeois, and Pierre Alechinsky.

The successful careers of some of the winners also boosted the renown of this contest. These winners included personalities such as Victor Horta, Egide Rombaux, Victor Rousseau, John Cluysenaar, Tom Frantzen, Olivier Leloup, Guillaume Van Strydonck, Éliane de Meuse, Taf Wallet, Alfred Bastien and Isidore Opsomer.

A significant milestone in the history of the contest was the first grant of the prize to a female sculptor in 1921. The winner Éliane de Meuse was only twenty-two years old when she won the prize.[2] and the awarding panel comprised the Belgian symbolist Alberto Ciamberlani, Armand Rassenfosse and the Belgian neo-impressionist Emile Claus. The winning work, entitled Daphnis et Chloé was of an impressive size, i.e. 225 cm by 180 cm, and depicted a naked young couple in an embrace. In his report to the Minister, the chairman of the panel highlighted the stylistic qualities of the composition.[3] [4]

The laureates

The laureates of the Prix Godecharle from 1881 to the present:

YearSculpturePaintingArchitecture
1881 Eugène Broerman
1884 Paul Du BoisGuillaume Van Strydonck
1887 Égide RombeauxJosé DierickxMichel De Braey
1890 Victor RousseauAuguste LevequeAdolphe Kockerols
1893Adolphe Wansart
1894 Ernest Wante and Eduard Van EsbroeckÉmile Lambot
1897 Alfred Bastien
1900 Paul NocquetPhilippe Swyncop and Paul ArtotPaul Bonduelle
1903 Charles De BrichyIsidore_OpsomerJoseph Van Neck
1907 Charles CollardPol Berger
1910 Marnix d'HaveloosePol VandebroekArthur Smet
1913 Alfred CourtensFrançois PyckeJean Hendrickx
1921 Éliane de Meuse (first woman to win the prize)[5]
1924 John CluysenaarLéon NavezAntoine Courtens
1926Jeanne Louise Milde[6]
1928 Fernand DebonnairesVictor Maeremans
1931 Peter Colfs and Maurice Schelck
1933 Pol Van EsbroeckJean Vander Loo
1935 Geert ReusensEmile Demey and Renaat Braem
1937 Georges Lambeau
1939 Elisabeth BarmarinGustave Camus
1941 Albert BaisieuxLuc Peire
1943 Maurits Van SaeneClara Bourgonjon
1945
1947 André Hupet
1949 Jacques Lussie
1951 Robert Coolen
1953
1955 Christian Leroy
1957 Jean-Pierre GhyselsJacqueline DesmareJean Wilfart
1959 Pol Spilliaert
1961 Frans Van Den BrandeSolange FrançoisJean-Pierre Santenois
1963 Karel Dierickx
1965
1967 Nathalie Van Lierde
1969 Christine TellerJohan Baele
1971 Wim Mortelmans and Jean-Claude Herman
1973 Christian RoletClaude Leveque
1975 Marianne DockLuke Vanhooren
1977 Olivier LeloupJacques 't Kindt
1979 Eddy WalraveHerman MaesPaul Robbrecht
1981 Tom FrantzenChristian Kieckens
1983 Vincent Rouseau and Lucie SentjensBarthel Ritzen
1985 Bart DecqElsje LemaireLuc Van De Steene
1987 Louis HalleuxDaniel Colin
1989 Bart De ZutterGery De Smet
1991 Sven 't JolleNico De Gughtenaere
1993 Robin VokaerStefan AnnerelNathalie Vervenne
1995 Alexandra JacquetYves Lecomte
1997Christina Van Glabeke, Mario Ferretti (mention) Katleen Vermeir, Xavier Martin (mention)Peter Swinnken, Pierre Lemaire (mention)
1999 Alexis RemacleSarah WalraetPierre Lemaire
2001 Thijs SnauwaertVincent Callebaut and Caroline Voet
2003 Denis MahinStephan Balleux, Baptiste Colmant (mention), Vasken Mardikian (mention)Leonard Gellegos, Evelyne Hamblok (mention), Cedric Libert (mention), Olivier Mylle(mention)
2005Nick Ervinck, Cathy Weyders (mention)Boris Thiebaut, Chiel Lambrecht (mention), Vincent Verscheure (mention) Pieter D'Haeseleer
2007Marie ZolamianKelly Hendriks
2009Steve DehouxAnna-Maija RissanenChloé Dewolf
2011Caroline de SauvageLucie FlamantAxel Clissen
2013Steven Schenk
2015Ronja Schlickmann Hadrien Bruyaux Evelyne Baeten
2017Conrad Willems Charlotte Flamand Wouter Verstraete
2022Cente Van Hout, Tomás Barberá Ramallo (mention)

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Notes and References

  1. A. Massin, W. Demulder, P. Bijtebier, Chr. Dehennin et Henri Kessels Les Concours Godecharle ont cent ans 1881-1981, Eliane de Meuse, p. 36, Dépôt légal D/1981/1758/3, Web site: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique . 2013-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174606/http://opteron1.kbr.be/cgi-bin/opac.cgi?P1=3_JAN&P2=1&P4=&P0=FKBR&P3=R_TWT1&P5=20&P6=les+concours+godecharle&Start+opzoeking=START . 2016-03-03 .
  2. [Benezit Dictionary of Artists]
  3. Paul Caso, Éliane de Meuse monography, p. 7
  4. Paul Piron, Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, volume 3, p. 235–238
  5. Alexia Creusen, Femmes artistes en Belgique XIXe et début XXe siècle, p. 120, 2007, Publisher L'Harmattan, Paris, https://archive.today/20130813235140/http://opteron1.kbr.be/cgi-bin/opac.cgi?P0=FKBR&P1=3_JAN&P9=&P5=20&P4=&P2=2&P3=R_BBH&P6=_1695947. This author of this study is doctor in philosophy of styles and scientist assistant at University of Liège. She contributed to the dictionary of the Belgian women, French title: Dictionnaire des femmes belges, 2006, Editions Racine https://archive.today/20130813235121/http://opteron1.kbr.be/cgi-bin/opac.cgi?P0=FKBR&P1=3_JAN&P9=&P5=20&P4=&P2=2&P3=R_BBH&P6=_1545823
  6. http://comarte.com/jmilde.htm JEANNE Louise MILDE