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AUGUSTINUS FRANCISCUS HENRI ("AUGUST") FALISE (WAGENINGEN 1875 - WAGENINGEN 1936) STUDIED UNDER, AMONGST OTHERS, AUGUSTUS ALLEBé AND BARTHOLOMEUS VAN HOVE. IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY A NEW GENERATION OF SCULPTORS HAD TURNED AWAY FROM THE NATURALISTIC TRADITION WHICH HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE ACADEMIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY. AUGUST FALISE ON THE CONTRARY, JUST AS SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES LIKE A. ODé (1865-1955), T. DUPUIS (1877-1937), F. LEENHOFF (1841-1914) AND B. VAN HOVE (1850-1914), FOLLOWS THE 19TH CENTURY ACADEMIC IDEAL OF BEAUTY AND NATURALISM. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IDEAL IS THE BRONZE OF THE FARMER HERE ON OFFER.
THE FOUNDRY FONDERIE NATIONALE DES BRONZES/ANCIENNE FIRME J. PETERMANN IN ST. GILLES-BRUXELLES WAS INVOLVED IN MANY OF FALISE'S WORKS. THE STATUE OF MRG. DR. SCHAEPMAN IN TUBBERGEN, THE PORTRAIT OF JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT IN AMERSFOORT, THE PORTRAIT OF TRUITJE BOSBOOM TOUSSAINT IN ALKMAAR, THE STATUE OF DR. CUYPERS IN ROERMOND AND THE STATUE OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH IN DEN BOSCH ARE ALL FROM THE HAND OF FALISE AND WERE CAST BY THE PETERMANN FOUNDRY.
SMALLER BRONZES EXECUTED BY FALISE ARE AMONGST OTHERS IN THE MUSEUM KEMPENLAND IN EINDHOVEN.
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THE FOUNDRY FONDERIE NATIONALE DES BRONZES/ANCIENNE FIRME J. PETERMANN IN ST. GILLES-BRUXELLES WAS INVOLVED IN MANY OF FALISE'S WORKS. THE STATUE OF MRG. DR. SCHAEPMAN IN TUBBERGEN, THE PORTRAIT OF JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT IN AMERSFOORT, THE PORTRAIT OF TRUITJE BOSBOOM TOUSSAINT IN ALKMAAR, THE STATUE OF DR. CUYPERS IN ROERMOND AND THE STATUE OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH IN DEN BOSCH ARE ALL FROM THE HAND OF FALISE AND WERE CAST BY THE PETERMANN FOUNDRY.
SMALLER BRONZES EXECUTED BY FALISE ARE AMONGST OTHERS IN THE MUSEUM KEMPENLAND IN EINDHOVEN.
SEE ILLUSTRATION