Julien Dillens
Born 8 June 1849
Died 24 December 1904
Active: 1870 - 1902
Country of birth and death: Belgium
Sculptor
Born at Antwerp (Anvers). He was the nephew of the Belgian painter, Adolphe Dillens. Julien studied at the Académie des Beaux Arts in Brussels, where he was a student of Eugène Simonis, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1887 for a work entitled 'French chief taken prisoner by the Romans'. Dillens went on to establish a highly successful practice in his home country. Amongst his commissions were a number of prominent monuments and statues in Brussels. Dillens died at Saint-Gilles in Brussels.
There is a lengthy appreciation of Dillens' work by Edmond Marchal entitled 'Notice sur Julien Henri Dillens', from the 'Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique', vol 78, 1912, pp. 177-205 available online at http://www2.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/DILLENSJulienARB_19128733.pdf. This includes a list of Dillens' principal public sculptures. In addition, there are some details and photographs of Dillens' works on Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Dillens (both accessed on 31 May 2013). This record includes information submitted by Chris Mees, Editor of the online database, Arts: Search.
Works
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La gloire
1902
Brother and sister
1913 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Sixth, 1902
'La gloire'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
Multiple works, shown posthumously.
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifth, 1931
Multiple works, shown posthumously.
Citing this record
'Julien Dillens', 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=msib6_1206019079, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
