Maternity, Terracotta - Eugène Canneel

Maternity, patinated terracotta, Eugène Canneel, signed.

Eugène Canneel (Saint-Gilles 18/08/1882 - 1966 Brussels), sculptor.
Pupil of Cluysenaarr, Tobay and Julien Dillens at the Academies of Saint-Gilles and Brussels.
Exhibits for the first time at the Salon of Ghent (1901); at the Indépendant (1903): Large tomb figure.
Sculpture of numerous portraits of children (busts and foot statues), from which a childlike spirit emerges.
Exhibits The Kiss at the Antwerp Triennial (1904).
He created large and small statues for the Salon Church (Sainte Barge and Saint Anthony), the church of Laeken and the City Hall of Brussels.
On the right wing of the Town Hall of Saint-Gilles are two statues in Euville stone (H. 2.40m): Maternity and Child Protection (1920).
He was invited to London for the Royal Academy (1915) and to Paris for the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs (1925), where he was awarded a gold medal. Executes four bas-reliefs for the Universit du Travail de Charleroi (1923); the previous year, for the Belgian Pavilion in Rio de Janeiro, he also executed several figures.
After the 1914-18 war, he created memorials for Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Erneghem, Spontin etc. Several of these monuments can be found in the cemeteries of Brussels.
Antwerp Triennial Exhibition: Child's Head, Imitation of Stone (1920); Spring Flower (1923); Bust of painter B. (1926); Manfred, imitation stone (1930).