Eugène Simonis

Louis-Eugène Simonis (French pronunciation: [lwi øʒɛn simɔnis]; 11 July 1810, in Liège – 11 July 1893, in Koekelberg) was a Belgian sculptor.

[1] Simonis studied under François-Joseph Dewandre at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège and at the age of nineteen went to Italy, where he continued his studies in Bologna and Rome.

[2] When he returned to Belgium he accepted an instructor position at the Liege Academy.

Later he moved to Brussels, where he became the director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts.

Among his many students were the Belgian sculptors Thomas Vinçotte, Julien Dillens, and Charles Samuel.