Eugène Simonis

Louis-Eugène Simonis was a Belgian sculptor.

Career

Simonis studied under François-Joseph Dewandre at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège and at the age of nineteen went to Italy, where he continued his studies in Bologna and Rome. When he returned to Belgium he accepted an instructor position at the Liege Academy. Later he moved to Brussels, where he became the director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. Among his many students were the Belgian sculptors Thomas Vinçotte, Julien Dillens, and Charles Samuel.
The square in Brussels, where Simonis had his studio, was given the name Eugène Simonis Square in his honor. A metro station in Brussels, completed in 1982, bears his name. In 2007, a bust of Simonis by Annie Jungers was unveiled at Simonis Square.

1881: Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold.

Bronze monument to Simon Stevin,, Bruges, 1846
Bronze monument to Godfrey of Bouillon, Place Royale/Koningsplein, Brussels, 1848
Bas-relief The Harmony of Human Passions decorating the pediment of the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie, Brussels, 1851–1854
Sculptures for the Congress Column, Brussels, including both lions and one sitting statue which represents the Freedom of Worship, 1859.
Bronze bust of Walthère Frère-Orban, Liège, 1860
Statue of Leopold I, Place Léopold I, in front of Mons railway station, 1875, moved in 2014 to the Rue Pierre-Joseph Duménil
Bronze monument to André Dumont, Liège, 1886