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Frans Van Dijk
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Franciscus Henricus Van Dijk<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> was born in 1853 in <a href="/facts/Berchem/FCEke2sj">Berchem</a>, a southern district and municipality of Antwerp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> He was an apprentice, trainee and collaborator of architect Joseph Schadde [nl] from 1870 to 1881. Van Dijk was a jury member for the <a href="/facts/Prix_de_Rome_(Belgium)/oHTFr2xs">Prix de Rome</a> (Architecture Department) from 1893 to 1901, and professor of architecture at the <a href="/facts/Royal_Academy_of_Fine_Arts_(Antwerp)/K4a4LaHL">Royal Academy of Fine Arts</a> of Antwerp from 1902 until 1923. </p><p>In the 1880s he designed the <a href="/facts/Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp/QVFY5WVc">Royal Museum of Fine Arts</a> of <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a> with <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Winders/9lIejSr9">Jean-Jacques Winders</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> In 1890, he made the first designs for the Sugar Refinery Peten.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> As part of his early oeuvre, he restored the <i>Spaengien</i> on the <a href="/facts/Grote_Markt_(Antwerp)/EuIrm0xV">Grote Markt</a> of <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a> between 1892 and 1893.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> In 1899 he designed the neo-Baroque Grand Hôtel Métropole on Leysstraat in Antwerp, which is an example of his mature oeuvre.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In 1901, Van Dijk was commissioned the ensemble <i>De Biekens</i> in Cogels-Osylei in Berchem by the <i>Naamlooze Maatschappij voor het Bouwen van Burgershuizen</i> of the Oostkwartier.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Van Dijk built several mansions in Cogels-Osylei, including <i>Scaldis</i>, an eclectic group of houses, and <i>Baldwin Iron Arm</i>, some of the most notable houses in <a href="/facts/Zurenborg/xqK15PNv">Zurenborg</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Since the 1880s, Van Dijk also completed several works in the <a href="/facts/Neoclassical_architecture/tKdIuJwx">Neoclassical</a> style across Antwerp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> He designed the Saint Michael and Saint Peter's Church, built between 1893 and 1897 in Antwerp with a nave with columns of Vånevik granite from the <a href="/facts/Kalmar/kAsPyU87">Kalmar coast</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>Between 1903 and 1904, he built the <i>De Spieghel</i> on the Grote Markt of Antwerp in neo-Gothic style.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The building, first mentioned in the 14th century, was completely demolished by the owner Eugène Kreglinger and rebuilt according to a design by Van Dijk and Michel De Braey.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In 1906, he rebuilt the <i>Den Arend</i>, also in neo-Gothic style and on Antwerp's Grote Markt.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> The same year he realized the eclectic ensemble <i>De Twaalf Apostelen</i> ("The Twelve Apostles") on Transvaalstraat in Berchem<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> and made a design for Villa Cleibs in <a href="/facts/Schoten/Vknt0vpN">Schoten</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> In 1909 he was commissioned a mansion on Jan Van Rijswijcklaan by Eugeen Coveliers, which was designed in Neo-Louis XVI style.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>Frans Van Dijk and his son Henri (also an architect) are buried in the Antwerp cemetery <a href="/facts/Schoonselhof_cemetery/ML1g6Ibq">Schoonselhof</a> (Hoboken), on perk 4 (South side).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="selected-works">Selected works</h2> <ul><li>1884–1890: <a href="/facts/Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp/QVFY5WVc">Royal Museum of Fine Arts</a> of <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a> with <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Winders/9lIejSr9">Jean-Jacques Winders</a></li> <li>1893–1897: Saint Michael and Saint Peter's Church in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1899: Grand Hôtel Métropole on Leysstraat in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1922–1923: Bank of Commerce in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a> with Henri Van Dijk and Joseph Hertogs</li> <li>1901: <i>La Métropole</i> on Leysstraat in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1901: <i>De Biekens</i> on Cogels-Osylei in <a href="/facts/Berchem/FCEke2sj">Berchem</a></li> <li>1902: Brasserie-concert <i>Oud België</i> on Kipdorpvest in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1903: House group <i>Scaldis</i> in Cogels-Osylei</li> <li>1903–1904: <i>De Spieghel</i> on the <a href="/facts/Grote_Markt_(Antwerp)/EuIrm0xV">Grote Markt</a> of <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1906: Villa Cleibs in Schoten, <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1906: <i>Den Arend</i> on the <a href="/facts/Grote_Markt_(Antwerp)/EuIrm0xV">Grote Markt</a> of <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1906: German evangelical nursing home on Lange Winkelstraat in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1906: Ensemble The Twelve Apostles on Transvaalstraat in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1907: Antwerp Mortgage Fund on Huidevettersstraat in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1907: Eclectic house on Van Putlei in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li> <li>1909: Neo-Louis XVI style mansion on Jan Van Rijswijcklaan in <a href="/facts/Antwerp/v3Rwa1Mu">Antwerp</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><i>Frans Van Dijk, Architect te Antwerpen</i>, Jos Huybrechs, 1994, Pelckmans</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Frans Van Dijk at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Van Dijk, Frans". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/personen/5182" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/personen/5182</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Van Dijk, Frans". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/personen/5182" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/personen/5182</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Genootschap voor Antwerpse Geschiedenis, ed. (2021). HistoriANT 2021-9 Jaarboek voor Antwerpse geschiedenis. Gompel&Svacina. p. 60. ISBN 9789463713221. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="9789463713221" target="_blank">9789463713221</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Frans Van Dijk". Schoonselhof. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://www.schoonselhof.be/schoonselhoftz/van%20dijk%20frans.html" target="_blank">https://www.schoonselhof.be/schoonselhoftz/van%20dijk%20frans.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hendriksen, Bartho (2013). Capitool Antwerp. Unieboek. p. 100. ISBN 9789000322183. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="9789000322183" target="_blank">9789000322183</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Suikerraffinaderij Peten". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/83740" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/83740</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Spaengien". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4035" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4035</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Grand Hôtel Métropole". Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/5445" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/5445</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Ensemble De Biekens". Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11108" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11108</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Huizengroep Scaldis". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11088" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11088</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Suikerraffinaderij Peten". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/83740" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/83740</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Winkelhuis in neoclassicistische stijl". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4362" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4362</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Winkelhuis in neoclassicistische stijl". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4599" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4599</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Genootschap voor Antwerpse Geschiedenis (ed.). HistoriANT 2021-9 - Jaarboek voor Antwerpse geschiedenis. Gompel&Svacina. ISBN 9789463713221. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="9789463713221" target="_blank">9789463713221</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"De Spieghel". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4036" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4036</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"De Spieghel". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4036" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/4036</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Den Arend". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/403" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/403</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Ensemble De Twaalf Apostelen". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11127" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/11127</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Villa Cleibs". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/216695" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/216695</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Herenhuis in neo-Lodewijk XVI-stijl". Inventaris Vlaanderen. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/6955" target="_blank">https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/6955</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Frans Van Dijk". Schoonselhof. Retrieved 26 January 2022. <a href="https://www.schoonselhof.be/schoonselhoftz/van%20dijk%20frans.html" target="_blank">https://www.schoonselhof.be/schoonselhoftz/van%20dijk%20frans.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>