Joseph De Bruyn
Born 1844 (Circa)
Active: 1871 - 1894
Country of birth and death: Belgium
Sculptor
Born in Antwerp, Belgium.
Locations
Address 18 Bloomfield Terrace Pimlico London SW | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Joseph De Bruyn and E. Constant Vinoelst were both lodging here
Address 12 Stanley Place Pimlico London SW | View on map
1872 (Circa) - 1874 (Circa)
(Charles) Louis Schots and Joseph de Bruyn were both using this address in the early 1870s. Stanley Place no longer exists.
Address 12 Stanley Road Pimlico London | View on map
1880 (Circa)
Address 178 Buckingham Palace Road London | View on map
1880 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
Joseph de Bruyn and E. Constant Vinoelst were both using this address in the early 1880s. The Italian sculptor, Aristide Louis Fontana, was resident here c.1881.
Address 27 Hugh Street Eccleston Square London SW | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1882 (Circa)
Address 7 Cluff Cottages Elizabeth Street London | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1893 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1871 - 1893
Exhibited 8 times, eight works in all (portrait busts and some ideal works)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
You Love Me! (cat. no. 1227, marble bust on bronze pedestal, £26 5s.); My Friend, Mr Vinoelst (cat. no. 1230, plaster bust, not for sale); Spring (cat. no. 1258, original terracotta bust, £6 6s.); Summer (cat. no. 1279, original terracotta bust, £6 6s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
The Young Sailor (cat. no. 1321, plaster bust, £15 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Anxious Moments - Will he return safe? (cat. no. 1344, terracotta group, £26 5s.).
Personal and Professional Connections
Colleague of (Charles) Louis Schots
They shared an address in Pimlico during the early 1870s.
Friends with E. Constant Vinoelst
They were both from Antwerp and shared accommodation or studios at various dates
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1811
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor' also E. Constant Vinoelst 'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Artist Sculptor'
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first, 1891 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1891
pp. 47-9
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 116 folio 10 page 14
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 104; Folio: 115; Page: 33; GSU roll: 1341024
Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1880
p. 1811
Citing this record
'Joseph De Bruyn', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1269524193, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
