ROBERT MICHIELS
A friend of Pol Bury since the 1960's and a jazz musician, Robert Michiels (1933-2025) is one of the representatives of Nouveau Réalisme in Belgium. His sculptures, unique artworks created from welded and reclaimed materials salvaged from factories of the La Louvière region, pay a humorous distinctly Belgian tribute to Wallonia's great industrial era.
Robert Michiels
DISTINCTIONS
1966 1st prize of La Jeune Sculpture Belge
1967 Prix du Hainaut
1969 1st prize of the Biennial of Madrid
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1969 "Théâtre", Administration Communale, La Louvière
1970 "Bas Relief", Foyer Louviérois
1976 "Solidarité", C.H.U.T. La Louvière
1978 "L'Oiseau", Nivelles
1978 "Fécondité", Nivelles
1979 "Mercure", U.T. Charleroi
1982 "Mutualité", Fédération du Centre, La Hestre
1983 "Animation", La Hestre
1988 "Bas Relief", R.W.G.C. Waterloo
1992 "Le Soulier d'Ebène", RTL
1993 "Cité du Verre", Manage
1993 "Poséidon", Nivelles
1996 "Le Fil", C.H.U.T. La Louvière
2017 "L'Avant Dîner", Cité administrative La Louvière