Jan Alfons Keustermans

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Jan Alfons Keustermans (born May 6, 1940 in Hoboken , Antwerp Province ) is a Belgian sculptor and medalist .

In 1964 he was awarded a prize in the sculpture department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp . He has worked as a medalist since 1982, and he often signs his work with the initials "JAKE". From 1986 to 2000 he was director of the Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Turnhout . Keustermans produced more than 750 works, including a large number of official portraits.

Belgian euro coin, designed by Jan Alfons Keustermans

Keusterman's most widespread work is his design of the last Belgian franc minted from 1994 to 2001 with the head image of King Albert II. The design was also used for the Belgian euro coins minted from 1999 to 2013 .

Prices

  • Prijs Mistler (1958)
  • Prijs Jussiant (1959)
  • Prijs T. Van Lerius (1960)
  • Prijs of Solidarity (Club XII, 1960)
  • Prijs Janssens de Varebeke (1961)
  • Prijs M. Oppeneimer (Club XII, 1962)
  • Prijs Hendrickx (Club XII, 1963)
  • Prijs Bugatti (1964).

Works (selection)

Pallieter in Lier (bronze, 1986)
  • Bronze statue of Pallieter in Lier (1986);
  • Portrait of King Albert II on the face of the last Belgian coins in francs (1994, minted 1994 to 2001);
  • Face of the 5 ECU commemorative coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations (1995);
  • Portrait of Queen Astrid on the face of the commemorative coin worth CHF 250 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of her death (1995);
  • Face of the commemorative coin worth 5 ECU to mark the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (1997);
  • Portrait of King Albert II on the face of Belgian euro coins (1997, minted 1999 to 2007 and 2009 to 2013).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Figuur in Lover , Website Kunst in de Stad , accessed on November 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Maurice Colaert: Les nouvelles monnaies à l'effigie de SM le Roi Albert II. , Revue belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie , Volume 140, 1994, pp. 99-103, digitized version , PDF 5.5 MB, accessed on 28. November 2018.
  3. ↑ Peter Proksch: Standard Catalog of Euro Coins 2008 . Money Trend Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-9502268-2-9 , p. 27.
personal data
SURNAME Keustermans, Jan Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoboken , Antwerp Province