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Eugène Godin

1823-1886
patron of the arts, from an old Huy family who made a fortune in the nineteenth century with the industrialization of the region and also made Huy 'the City of Millionaires'.

Edmond Falise
Compagnie des Bronzes (Bruxelles)
c. 1905

Description

Memorial bench with in the center a high pedestal with on the top a bust of Eugène Godin, and on the sides portrait medaillons of the composer Jules Berleur and Joseph Duysburgh.

Huy - Eugène Godin
Joseph Duysburgh
Jules Berleur

Inscription(s)

GODIN

A
Joseph
DUYSBURGH
40^e anniversaire
de direction
31 aoüt 1924

A
Jules
BERLEUR
compositeur et
directeur
1858 - 1883

Signature

C^ie des Bronzes | Bruxelles (portrait medaillon Duysburgh) e. falise

Sculptor

Edmond Falise (Huy 1873 - Liège 1948), Belgian sculptor

Sources & Information

Statues de Huy, Archive.is or Webarchive.
vzw Statua, Standbeelden.be (site doesn't exist anymore).

Locatie (N 50°31'17" - E 5°14'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belg022; Photograph: 3 May 2015
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