Charles-Auguste Fraikin

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Statue of the Counts of Egmont and Hornes (1864)

Charles Auguste Fraikin (14 June 1817 – 22 November 1893) was a Belgian neoclassical sculptor.

Life

Charles Auguste Fraikin was born in

Brussels Academy, who discovered his talent and encouraged him to continue in the arts.[4][5]

At the Salon van Brussel [nl] in 1845, Fraikin won a gold medal for the sculpture L'amour captif. Marble versions of it were later placed in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the Hermitage. It brought him to the attention of the Belgian royal family, which led to new commissions. Among other things, he made a statue of King Leopold.

In addition to being a sculptor, Fraikin was also curator of the sculpture department of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

At the end of his life he had donated his collection of plaster models to the city of

Schaarbeek.[2] After a church funeral he was buried close to the choir of Saint-Waldetrudis church [nl].[3]

Incomplete list of works

Brussels:

Dendermonde:

Ostend:

Gallery

  • Triumph of Bacchus
    Triumph of Bacchus
  • Sleep or Morpheus
    Sleep or Morpheus
  • Statue of Pieter-Jan de Smet
    Statue of Pieter-Jan de Smet
  • Tomb of Queen Louise
    Tomb of Queen Louise
  • Detail of the monument to Egmont and Horne
    Detail of the monument to Egmont and Horne
  • City Hall Portal
    City Hall Portal

Further reading

References

  1. ISBN 9789061532620
    . Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Charles Auguste Fraikin". RKD. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Belgium) (2008). Heads on Shoulders Portrait Busts in the Low Countries 1600-1800. Snoeck. p. 68. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ISBN 9789023497196
    .
  5. ^ Musée d'art moderne (Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique) (1987). 275 [Tweehonderdvijfenzeventig] jaar onderwijs aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel (in French). Crédit Communal. p. 328. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ Pater Pieter Jan De Smet (Dendermonde)


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