Albert Desenfans

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

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