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Mutsaardstraat 31 ☐
(Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen)

Willem Eekelers

Berg, Kampenhout 1883 - Brussel 1854
Belgian syndicalist, editor and politician; alderman of education of Antwerp, 1927-38 and 1944-46
(Wikipedia)

Mark Macken
date?

Description

Commemorative plaque with portrait relief and text. It is mounted on the wall of the museum building.

Eekelers was and founder and dean of the 'Club der XII', a gentleman's society of arts and sciences (1871-1933), refounded in 1950 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.

Inscription(s)

AAN SCHEPEN
WILLEM EEKELERS
STICHTER EN DEKEN
VAN DER CLUB DER XII.
hij was begaan met het
lot der behoeftige
kunstenaars
1883 - 1954

Signature

markmacken

Sculptor

Mark Macken (Diest 1913 - Antwerpen 1977), Flemish-Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°13'24" - E 4°24'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bean138; Photograph: 18 December 2019
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