Eduard Colinet
Emmanuel Constant Edouard 'Colinet' was a Belgian sculptor.
Life and work
In 1874 and 1875, Colinet wrote the booklet Recueil Des Restes De Notre Art National - Verzameling der Overblijfsels onzer Nationale Kunst der XIste tot de XVIIIde Eeuw, which was regarded as a standard work on the period it describes. In 1877, he left his hometown of Brussels and became special supervisor under Pierre Cuypers during the construction of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In 1878, he oversaw Cuypers' restoration of the City Hall facade. Together with Cuypers he founded the Quellinusschool in Amsterdam. Colinet was also the first director of this school. In 1880, together with Cuypers and F. Stoltzenberg, he wrote Album van Ornamenten en Stijlproeven uit de verschillende Tijdperken der Bouwkunst.Works
Sculptures
- on in Amsterdam, after a design by Charles Rochussen
- Gable stone of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft placed above the latter's former house, Keizersgracht, AmsterdamSt Michel, terrassant le Dragon. Made for Willem Albert Scholten, it has been in the of Groningen since 1931.
- Statue of Mary on the facade of the town hall in Nijmegen. It was destroyed in World War II and replaced in 1953 by a statue of.