Art Deco Domien Ingels & Roger Guerin Earthwear Borzoi Hound Sculpture N 756 - Circa 1925

Sculpture of a white dog (Borzoi greyhound), sandstone by Roger Guérin, Bouffioulx, 1930s
Produced in sandstone by Roger Guérin in Bouffioulx in the 1930s.
Perfect condition.

Numbered 754 under the piece (see identical piece in the catalog), monogram I.
This subject also exists in bronze.

Biography – Domien Ingels (1881–1946)
Domien Ingels is one of the most renowned Belgian sculptors of the Art Deco period, alongside Alberic Collin, Thierry Van Rijswijck, and Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck.

Son of a butcher, Ingels became especially known for his powerful animal figures, both in attitude and gesture (draft horses, farmyard animals, dogs such as the Borzoi greyhound). His favorite subject nevertheless remained the draft horse.

He trained in the workshops of Domien Van den Bossche and Hippolyte Le Roy, and also attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. In 1900, he became an assistant professor and taught drawing and sculpture until 1941.

He shared a studio at the Beguinage in Ghent with his friend Constant Permeke (1886–1952). Ingels collaborated frequently with the stoneware publisher Roger Guérin in Bouffioulx and the Maes workshops in Ghent (Ceramaes).

He died in 1946, leaving behind a remarkable body of work, with numerous pieces held in museums and monumental works in various Belgian cities.