Louis Samain

Louis Samain was a Belgian sculptor.
Samain was born in Nivelles, and studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels under Louis Simonis. After winning the Belgian Prix de Rome, he lived for a time in Italy. In 1889, he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle, and in 1895 his work was shown at the Société des Artistes Français in Paris. He died in Ixelles.

Selected works

Architecture, on the facade of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumEarth and Water, at les Halles centrales Italian Arts and Spanish Arts, in the garden of the Musée des Beaux-ArtsJean van RuysbroeckMonument to Work, formerly on the old Gare de Bruxelles-MidiNègres marrons surpris par des chiens Thémis, on the Palais de Justice in DinantTinctoris in Nivelles