(b Verviers, 18 Oct 1873; d Uccle, nr Brussels, 3 Oct 1954). Belgian sculptor and painter. He studied at the academies in Liège and in Brussels (1889–1893), and in 1894 he married the painter Lucie De Smet. He excelled in executing portraits, both in his paintings, which are characterized by simple lines and vivid colours, and in his work as a sculptor, to which he turned c. 1900. His best works, dating from after 1920, include a portrait of My Wife with Hat (1923; Ghent, Mus. S. Kst.) and busts of the writers André Baillon (bronze, 1932; Brussels, Mus. A. Mod.) and Fernand Crommelynck (1942; Antwerp, Kon. Mus. S. Kst.). The emphasis on structure in such works, whether modelled or assembled, makes them look like stone carvings, conveying an impression of strength also evident in works on a monumental scale, such as Navigation (bronze, h. 4.4 m, 1934; Brussels, Grand Pal. Centenaire), Burgundian Period (blue stone, h. 6 m, 1948; Liège, Pont des Arches) and Industry and Arts (white stone, 25*5.5 m), a bas-relief that decorates the entrance of the Palais des Fêtes in Liège. His son, Eric Wansart (b 1899), was also a painter.