Jean-François Abeloos

Jean-François Abeloos (1819–1886) was a Belgian sculptor and art educator.

Life[]

Abeloos was born in Leuven on 14 December 1819, the son of Pierre Abeloos and Catherine Van den Put. He trained as a sculptor under at the , as did his younger brother .^[1] In 1855, he succeeded Geerts. He was also a practising sculptor, exhibiting a Madonna and a St. Cecilia at the Brussels Salon of 1854 and working on the restoration of Leuven Town Hall around 1860. He was particularly active producing statues for churches.^[2] He died in Leuven on 6 August 1886.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b , "Abeloos (Jean-François)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 30 (Brussels, 1958), 3-4.
^ Edmond Marchal, La sculpture et les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'orfèvrerie belges (Brussels, F. Hayez, 1895), p. 704.

[Tourneur-1] , "Abeloos (Jean-François)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 30 (Brussels, 1958), 3-4.

[2] Edmond Marchal, La sculpture et les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'orfèvrerie belges (Brussels, F. Hayez, 1895), p. 704.

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