Egide Rombaux

Lamp with a Nymph, collaboration with ironworker François Hoosemans. Made for the Exposition Universelle (Paris,1900). – Collection of the King Baudouin Foundation

Égide Rombaux (19 January 1865 – 11 September 1942) was a Belgian symbolist sculptor.

Rombeaux was born in Schaerbeek on 19 January 1865. the son of the sculptor Felix Rombaux and Emerence–Rosalie Lemmens.

The First Morning, a 1913 marble by Rombaux is in the collection of the Tate Britain. The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, which have a large selection of his work, have a study.

Honours 1911: Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. 1919: Commander of the Order Leopold. 1931: Grand Officer in the Order of the Crown.

Awards At 17 years old, Rombaux was awarded the prix Godecharle in 1882. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891.

Legacy The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium awards the triannual , established in 1943, to a sculptor between 25 and 45 years old.