Artist: George Minne (1866 - 1941)
Nationality: Belgian
Movement: Symbolism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
George Minne studied architecture at the Ghent Academy and then progressed to take courses in painting and sculpture. He began exhibiting in 1887 and was recognized by Symbolist authors such as Maurice Maeterlinck who asked him to illustrate their writings. Minne returned to his native Belgium in 1891 and worked for his father who was an architect. He married and went bankrupt not long after. In 1895, he spent a year studying at the academy in Brussels and then began creating his more successful work. His small scale sculptures show influence of Gothic art and the Pre-Raphaelites and in turn, he was very influential on later artists in Belgium, France, and Germany.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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George Minne - Solidarity 1898 marble Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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Arthur Boyd Houghton, Hiawatha and Minne-ha-ha . magazine illustration, 19th century
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Adolescent I
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George Biddle, George Santayana (profile), 1952
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George Romney, George, First Marquis of Townshend, 1792
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George Vertue, King George, defender of the Faith, after Knoeller, 1807
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George Vertue, Sr. George Lisle, General, 17th - 18th century
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George B. Shaw, George Heriote, 19th - 20th century
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A Young Knight of the Garter, Possibly George Augustus (1683-1760), Later George II of Great
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George Vertue, George Morley, Bishop of Winchester, 17th - 18th century
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Benjamin West - George III 1783 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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George Biddle, Catfish Row, 1936
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1796 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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James McNeill Whistler - George W. Vanderbilt 1897-1903 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ray George, Box I, 1974
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington 1787 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. George Hill c. 1790-1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Pollock 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington c. 1779-81 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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William Holman Hunt - Mrs. George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
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William Hogarth - George Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1803-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singer Sargent - George McCulloch 1901 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington c. 1786 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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Francis Hayman - George Dance c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Edward Savage - George Washington c. 1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1859 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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John Neagle - George Dodd 1852 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington before 1801 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington c. 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington after 1796 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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John F. Kensett - Lake George 1869 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795-96 oil on canvas The Frick Collection American
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George Miyasaki, Sue, 1967
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Self-portrait George Henry Harlow (British, 1787-1819)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5

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George Minne (Getty Museum)
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