May Claerhout (21 February 1939 – 7 November 2016) was a Belgian artist who was born in Pittem. She created sculptures in bronze and terracotta, and she created several statues for public buildings in Belgium. Her studio was located in Malle. Claerhout was married to Armand Storms and together they had three children. Works Statue Europe (bronze, 20 December 1993), in the Espace Léopold, the complex of parliament buildings in Brussels housing the European Parliament, given by the Belgian presidency Espace Léopold Statue Father Damien (bronze) 5 Continents (bronze) History of scripture (bronze) Birth of Mankind (bronze) Metro in the city (red terracotta, Metrostation Opera on crossing Keizerlei and Meir, Antwerp) City, Stream en Metro (white, glazed terracotta, Metrostation Frederik van Eden, Leftbank, Antwerp) Union (white, glazed terracotta) Ziekenzorg (red terracotta) Generations (red terracotta) Debat (red terracotta) Aula (white, glazed terracotta) References Tourism in Malle (Dutch) May Claerhout, De kunst van May Claerhout, Mercatorfonds & Arcade, (1977), Gaby Gyselen, May Claerhout, Ons Erfdeel (1979), nr 3, pp. 406–411 1939 births 2016 deaths Flemish sculptors (before 1830) People from Malle People from West Flanders 20th-century Belgian women artists 20th-century Belgian sculptors 21st-century Belgian sculptors 21st-century Belgian women artists