Baron George Minne
Born 1866
Died 1941
Active: 1904 - 1931
Country of birth and death: Belgium
Sculptor
Born in Ghent. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Ghent and then in Brussels. From 1914-19 Minnne was professor of life modelling at the academy in his home city. He is particularly associated with Belgian symbolism and had close links with Belgian poets such as Maurice Maeterlinck, Émile Verhaeren and Grégoire Leroy. In 1892 Minne exhibited with the Salon de la Rose-Croix organised by Joséphin Péladan in Paris. He remained based in Belgium for the majority of his career but during the First World War Minne was a refugee. Between 1914 and 1919 he lived in Tregerddi, Lanidloes, Wales together with two other Belgian artists: Gustave van de Woestyne en Valerius de Saedeleer. It appears Minne received or inherited a title before 1931. He died at Laethem-Saint-Martin.
The details of Minne's period as a refugee were submitted by Peter Theunynck.
Works
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Designed The Musicians
Designed Wounded
Locations
Address Tre Gerddi Llanidloes | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Address Laethem-Saint-Martin | View on map
1931 (Circa)
Address given in source as Leathem St. Martin, Fl Or assume this is an anglicization of Sint-Martens-Latem
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Eighteenth London Exhibition), 1915
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1919
Exhibited once, 'Head of a Man' (cat. no. 1597, bronze).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1931
Exhibited once, one work
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1931
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1931 (2 works)
Sources
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 68, 75, pp. 8, 9
Citing this record
'Baron George Minne', 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=msib2_1204939436, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
