Gay kneeling

Wednesday, March 5, George Minne and his kneeling youths 1. I became aware of George Minne work and his kneeling naked young men thanks to gay father. Although I would not classify this sculptor in the 'gay world', some of his sculpting work, which got international recognition, could be of interest by his strong ability to express a fragile masculine beauty with his famous naked kneeling young men sculptures, as seen below.

George Minne was born in Ghent, Belgium, on 30 August, as the son of an architect. We do not know a lot about Minne's childhood years. He got a strict discipline at school, this may have given him his introverted nature. He did many drawings, and aged 13, he left the primary school and went to the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent.

His parents did not agree with this choice, and forced him to kneel architecture lessons which was supposed to provide more financial stability, and with a better social image. But George Minne quickly went back to his artistic inclination. As a student, he met the painter Valerius De Sadeleer who became a friend.

Two Gay Men Are Kneeling On The Floor Poster

The artist developed a very expressive, direct, simple language. And as he became friend with key French speaking symbolists writers from Ghent, like Maurice Maeterlinck, they influenced each other and Minne started an ever more introverted kind of sculpture. Newer Post Older Post Home.

George Minne.