and lack of idealization" General Belliard (1836), Rue Royale/Koningsstraat in Brussels; more than life-size Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution (1836–38), an allegorical monument commemorating the Belgian Revolution, on Martyrs' Square in Brussels Leopold I, considered one of the most important works of public art in Belgium in the 19th century; a stamp issued in 1981 commemorates this statue; it may be viewed online Treurende Adonis (1839), white marble of Adonis in mourning A small sculpture of a young sleeping angel, privately held and not authenticated (but signed by the artist), found in 1993 in an abandoned house in Brussels Grétry (1842), bronze statue of the composer, in front of the opera house in Liège Le génie du mal, a Lucifer in white marble for the Cathedral of St. Paul in Liège Charlemagne (1843), statue in the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht The Roman Gladiator, located opposite the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, to mark the ground-breaking for the 1894 Mid-Winter Exposition Le lion amoreux or The Amorous Lion (1851), marble, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Gardel Memorial (1864), a 25-foot pyramid memorial in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Philadelphia, with statues depicting Africa, Asia, Europe, Hope and Faith A statue of Isabelle Brunelle (1872) in the garden of the almshouse that she founded in Namur. Assessment In his lifetime, Geefs' work was considered by some to be marred by "frivolous and inessential" details and "poverty of thought", together with a perceived frigidity of expression in his modelling. He is now regarded as the dominant Belgian sculptor of his time. References External links Two statues by Guillaume Geefs Bio on Philatelia.net 1805 births 1883 deaths Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium People from Borgerhout 19th-century Belgian sculptors 19th-century Belgian male artists