De Meester Raymon 1904-1995 Plaster Rabbits

Raymond De Meester 1904-1995 2 rabbits pressed against each other, beautiful original work in plaster, this sculpture has obviously never been produced in bronze. Signed on the base Baron Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck, born in Mechelen on December 1, 1904 and died on November 30, 1995 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, is a Belgian sculptor. Biography Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck is the grandson of Senator Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck (1841-1907). He completed his secondary studies at the Institut Saint-Boniface-Parnasse in Ixelles, the Brussels municipality where he lived. He graduated from rhetoric in 1924. A self-taught animal sculptor, he is considered a sculptor "of movement and feelings", studying animals at the Antwerp zoo and in the menageries of circuses where he draws much of his inspiration. He is the author of monumental works for major international exhibitions, the most famous of which is his Roaring Lion located in the Parc Malou in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, opposite the Boulevard de la Woluwe, a work commissioned from him for the Universal Exhibition in Brussels in 1958. He exhibited in Belgium, France, Italy and the United States, winning various distinctions, including the First Prize for Chapman Sculpture in 1969 and the European Arts Sculpture Prize in 1972. His works can be found in several Belgian museums: in Ixelles (Playing Bear), in Saint-Gilles (Sitting Tiger Growling), in Mechelen (Somali Ostrich), in Liège (Fifteen-Day-Old Foal Licking Itself), in Tervuren Park (Reclining Deer), at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Brussels, in Ghent, in Tournai, etc. But also in many foreign museums: Paris (Musée d'Orsay), Lisbon, Oslo, Buenos Aires, Riga, Tallinn, Cairo, Mexico, etc. Baron Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck died in 1995.