Guillaume de Groot

Guillaume de Groot (1839–1922) was a Belgian sculptor. Born in Brussels, he trained with sculptor Égide Mélot.

Work Bronze figures of Namur and Luxembourg, on the triumphal arch at the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, Brussels Four reclining figures on the window pediments at the Bourse Palace, Brussels, for architect Léon Suys, c. 1870 Figure of Music, one of four figures on the piers of the facade, as well as the gilded Genius of Art, atop the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, for architect Alphonse Balat, c. 1875 Heroic figure of Labour for Tournai railway station, 1881 Bronze statue of Charles Rogier, Place de la Liberté/Vrijheidsplein, Brussels, 1897