Henri Boncquet

Henri Boncquet (7 April 1868 – 10 April 1908) was a Belgian sculptor.

Henri Boncquet (1868-1908)

Life
Eagle in the Botanical Garden, Brüssel (2016)
Family with children in Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf (2015)

Henri Boncquet was born in Ardooie into a large family and was orphaned at the age of seven.[1]

In the immediate vicinity of his birthplace, he began his training in Roeselare in the studio of the sculptor Karel Dupon (1853-1907).[2] The latter was the elder brother of the later sculptor and medallist Josuë Dupon (1864-1935). Subsequently, from 1880 to 1881, Boncquet was enrolled at the local Academy of Arts, the SASK,[3] then moved to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels for a few years. He received his first official commission in 1894: the bronze eagle in the botanical garden at the Schaarbeek Gate in Brussels.[4]

In February 1897, Boncquet applied for the Belgian Prix de Rome[5] at the Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, won first prize and went to Rome in 1898. From there, further study trips with a stay in Nuremberg in 1899. Back from Rome, he moved Brussels to the district of Ixelles. In Brussels, he worked figuratively on the town hall of Saint-Gilles[6] on the triumphal arch in the Parc du Cinquantenaire and on three statues in the parks of Ixelles as well as on paintings in the botanical garden.[7] In 1903, his stone sculpture Family with Children was placed in the Malkastenpark in Düsseldorf.

Boncquet died in Ixelles of stomach cancer at the age of 40.

Works
  • L’Aigle, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Le Botanique (1894)
  • Solitaire, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (1894)
  • Indolence, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (1900)
  • Le Destin/Het Lot, Ixelles/Elsene, Square Léon Jacquet/Leon Jacquetsquare (1901)
  • Familie mit Kind, Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf (positioned in 1903)
  • Sollicitude Maternelle, Brüssel, Square de Meeûs (1903)
  • L’Industrie, Hôtel de Ville de Saint-Gilles (1905)
  • L’Industrie, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (1909)

References
  1. Henri Boncquet, on Standbeelden.be, retrieved 6 September 2021
  2. Karel Dupon, also Charles Dupon in De Inventaris van het Onroerend Erfgoed (nl), retrieved 6 September 2021
  3. SASK - Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Künsten
  4. Henri Bocquet on Fine-arts-museum.be
  5. with Thor combattant les serpents (Thor's fight with the Jörmungandr), created in 1832 on the model of the French Prix de Rome
  6. "Henri Boncquet: L'Industrie". www.sculpturepublique.be.
  7. "Henri Boncquet: Sollicitude Maternelle". www.sculpturepublique.be.

Further reading
  • Sander Pierron: Henri Boncquet, G. Van Oest & Co. Editeurs, Brüssel 1909.
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