Peter Scheemakers II (1691 - 1781)

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Peter Scheemakers II

Peter Scheemakers the Younger was a Flemish sculptor considered the founder of modern sculpture in England.

He trained under his sculptor father in Antwerp, and came to England around 1721 and created tombstones and garden sculpture in a restrained classical style. In 1728 Scheemakers traveled to Rome to study sculpture and, returning to London in 1730, earned a reputation as one of the outstanding sculptors of his day.

In 1741 he executed his most famous work, a monument to William Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey.

Date and place of birt:16 january 1691, Antwerp, Belgium
Date and place of death:12 september 1781, Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality:Belgium
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Artist, Sculptor
Genre:Portrait sculpture
Art style:Classicism

Creators Belgium

Adriaen van Stalbemt (1580 - 1662)
Adriaen van Stalbemt
1580 - 1662
Vincent De Vos (1829 - 1875)
Vincent De Vos
1829 - 1875
Victor Eeckhout (1821 - 1879)
Victor Eeckhout
1821 - 1879
George Minne (1866 - 1941)
George Minne
1866 - 1941
Léon Spilliaert (1881 - 1946)
Léon Spilliaert
1881 - 1946
Willem Ignatius Kerricx (1682 - 1745)
Willem Ignatius Kerricx
1682 - 1745
Frans van Loock (1910 - 1997)
Frans van Loock
1910 - 1997
Pieter Bout (1658 - 1719)
Pieter Bout
1658 - 1719
Aloïs de Laet (1866 - 1949)
Aloïs de Laet
1866 - 1949
Fernand Toussaint (1873 - 1956)
Fernand Toussaint
1873 - 1956
Floris Jespers (1889 - 1965)
Floris Jespers
1889 - 1965
Walter Ofey (1882 - 1930)
Walter Ofey
1882 - 1930
Francois-Joseph Navez (1787 - 1869)
Francois-Joseph Navez
1787 - 1869
Frans van Stampart (1675 - 1750)
Frans van Stampart
1675 - 1750
Jan van Dornicke (1475 - 1527)
Jan van Dornicke
1475 - 1527
Emile Edwin Ganz (1871 - 1948)
Emile Edwin Ganz
1871 - 1948

Creators Classicism

Julius Eduard Helfft (1818 - 1894)
Julius Eduard Helfft
1818 - 1894
André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732)
André-Charles Boulle
1642 - 1732
André Malraux (1901 - 1976)
André Malraux
1901 - 1976
Paul Decker I (1677 - 1713)
Paul Decker I
1677 - 1713
Auguste Clésinger (1814 - 1883)
Auguste Clésinger
1814 - 1883
Carl Frithjof Smith (1859 - 1917)
Carl Frithjof Smith
1859 - 1917
Sergei Vasilevich Chekhonin (1878 - 1936)
Sergei Vasilevich Chekhonin
1878 - 1936
Jakob Friedrich Weckherlin (1761 - 1814)
Jakob Friedrich Weckherlin
1761 - 1814
Jerzy (Georg) Merkel (1881 - 1976)
Jerzy (Georg) Merkel
1881 - 1976
Johann Gottlieb Mattei (1753 - 1832)
Johann Gottlieb Mattei
1753 - 1832
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten (1811 - 1883)
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten
1811 - 1883
Reinhold Braun (1821 - 1884)
Reinhold Braun
1821 - 1884
Georg Kolbe (1877 - 1947)
Georg Kolbe
1877 - 1947
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 - 1841)
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1781 - 1841
Jacques Stella (1596 - 1657)
Jacques Stella
1596 - 1657
Georges-François Blondel (1730 - 1791)
Georges-François Blondel
1730 - 1791
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