Born in Antwerp in 1852, Joseph Maria Thomas (Jef) Lambeaux studied at the Academy, working in the workshop of Joseph Geefs. He trained in Paris for three years and frequented Rome and Florence, where he was greatly inspired by Baroque masterpieces. First exhibiting in the Antwerp Salon in 1873 and in Brussels in 1880, he won the gold medal in 1881 at the Brussels Exhibition. He is best known for his Fountain of Brabo in Antwerp and the colossal relief of the Passion de l'Humanite in the Parc du Centenaire, in Brussels. His famous sculpture The Kiss (1882) was purchased by the Antwerp Museum. Jef Lambeaux passed away in 1908 at Saint-Gilles.

Jef Lambeaux was a Neo-Baroque sculptor born in Antwerp in 1852 and died in Saint-Gilles in 1908.

He studied at the Academy of Antwerp. He worked in Paris and attended Rodin and Caudelier. He became a leading Belgian sculptor of his time.

Belgian sculptor, Jef (Joseph Marie Thomas) Lambeaux was born on January 14, 1852 in Antwerp and died June 5, 1908 in Brussels. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He is the brother of the painter Jules Lambeaux.