Lucien Hoffman (born in Brussels in 1891, died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in 1951) was a Belgian sculptor, pupil of Victor Rousseau.[1]
Biography
Lucien Hoffman is the son of Guillaume-François Hoffman, painter and professor of anatomy (sometimes called Frans Hoffman,[2] born in 1863) and the brother of the painter and designer Charles Hoffman (1900-1973).
Lucien Hoffman was a student at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1909 to 1914 and from 1918 to 1920.[3]
He was a professor in this academy from 1922 to 1951.[3] During this period, he regularly participated in the triennial exhibitions which took place in Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels.[3]
He maintains close contact with the painter Jacob Smits, for whom he sculpted his portrait in 1925.[3]
Achievements
Lucien Hoffman's work is mostly portraits, busts, and bas-reliefs[3]
He is the author of the Battle of Saint Georges,[4] one of the two bas-reliefs bordering the monument dedicated to général Dossin de Saint-Georges[5] (1854-1936), located near the porch of the Cambre Abbey in Ixelles.
His sculptures (as well as those of other artists) also decorate the city hall of Forest[6]
Honours
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