Tom Frantzen

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L'Envol in Brussels by Tom Frantzen

Tom Frantzen (born 1954) is a Belgian sculptor, known for his street images.

Biography

Frantzen was born in 1954 in Brussels and studied at the National School of Architecture and Visual Arts, La Cambre. In 1977 he built his own foundry. He made study tours in France, Germany, Italy and the United States. Until 1990 he cast his images himself; since then he has contracted this work out.

Main works

Vaartkapoen (1985)

Vaartkapoen, Brussels, 1985
Het Zinneke, Brussels, 1998
Madame chapeau, Brussels, 2000
De renaissance van de droom van Icarus, Steenokkerzeel, 2007
De acrobaten, Berchem, 2012
Bruegelbeeld, Brussels, 2015
L'Envol, a statue depicting Jacques Brel, Brussels, 2017
Ode aan het Verzet, Fort Breendonk, 2021

References

↑ "Tom Frantzen, sculpteur sur bronze". Brusselslife.
1 2 "Kunstwerk Tom Frantzen/1 - Hangar Flying". www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be.
↑ Carolijn (29 November 2012). "Onthulling sculptuur van kunstenaar Tom Frantzen aan Diksmuidelaan".
↑ "De Standaard". De Standaard. 25 October 2006.
↑ "Bruegelbeeld na jaren getouwtrek ingehuldigd". www.bruzz.be.
↑ redactie, Door. "Jacques Brel krijgt standbeeld in Brussel". De Morgen (in Netherlands Dutch). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
↑ "Het monument "ode aan het verzet" – Vrienden Fort Breendonk" (in Netherlands Dutch). Retrieved 2024-11-19.

External links

Media related to Tom Frantzen at Wikimedia Commons

langs de beelden van Tom Frantzen, schepen wilde niet dat Zinneke zou plassen (in Dutch)
Sculptures 2459, 599, 1016 on www.standbeelden.be
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randkrant.be
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