Karel Aubroeck

After 1918, he continued his studies at the Academy of Mechelen[4] and settled as an independent woodcarver in his native town of Temse.

Because he had contributed to the four monumental statues at the foot of the Yser Towers in 1933, Aubroeck was suspected of collaboration with the German occupier in September 1944 and imprisoned for three months.

He opted for a naturalistic and decorative design in brick technique, natural stone and plaster.

In 1928 he created his first important monumental work, De wekgroep, which is currently locate in the town hall of Sint-Niklaas.

With his (third) sculpture of the Van Raemdonck brothers, solemnly inaugurated on 20 August 1933, he acquired national fame as a visual artist.