Albert Desenfans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albert Desenfans

sculptor

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1845

Place of Birth: Genappe, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1938

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Constant Albrecht (Albert) Desenfans (Genappe, 24 January 1845 – Braine-l'Alleud, 12 March 1938) was a Belgian sculptor. Desenfans studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels as a pupil of Eugène Simonis.
Most of the work in his career is related to the building and public park projects of King Leopold II of Belgium in the years between 1870 and 1907.
In his hometown of Schaerbeek is a street named after him. His works include: Bronze figures of Hainaut and Limbourg at the Triumphal Arch at the Cinquantenaire Figures of Day and Night in the Passage du Nord, Brussels work at the Botanical Garden of Brussels Eve and the Serpent (1913) and other work at Josaphat Park, Schaerbeek