Charles Vanderstappen
Born 19 December 1843
Died 21 October 1910
Active: 1859 - 1910
Country of birth and death: Belgium
Sculptor
Born at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels. Studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-arts in Brussels between 1859-68. Over the next sixteen years he travelled abroad, visiting Paris, Florence and Rome. From 1893-98 he collaborated with Constantin Meunier to plan a series of fifty-two sculptures for the exterior of the botanical garden in Brussels. The sculptures were executed by a number of different artists and represented the seasons, weather, animals and plants. In the 1890s he was appointed director of the art school at Académie des Beaux-arts, Brussels. He died in his native city in 1910.
See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Van_der_Stappen (accessed 29 August 2010)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1912 - 1931
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 3 times (posthumously): 1912 (1 work), 1914 (3 works) and 1931 (1 work)
Citing this record
'Charles Vanderstappen', 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=msib1_1267895703, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
