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Albert Hames was born on 13 January 1910 in Rumelange (Rëmeleng in Luxembourgish), and died on 26 December 1989. He was a Luxembourgish sculptor, restorer, and art teacher.

Life
Albert Hames was the son of Alphonso Hames, a railway worker and Suzanne Webert, originating from the french Lorraine region.

In 1924 he got into the école professionnelle in Esch-sur-Alzette where he followed different art classes. Five years later he did an internship at the artistic carpentry Hammerel in Esch-sur-Alzette an took drawing and sculpting classes on the side.

He started working in 1930 when he worked in the workshop of the Luxembourgish sculptor Albert Kratzenberg (1890-1966).

In 1933, Albert Hames became a member of the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg. And one year later, he was a trainee at the Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Holzbildhauer und Schnitzer in Oberammergau in Bavaria to perfect himself in wood carving.

In 1938 he studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris

In 1946, after his time in Paris, he started teaching at the professional school in Esch-Uelzecht.

He was married in 1953 to the nee Léonie Colas from Rumelange and retired from work in 1975.

On December 26, 1989, he died at the age of 79 after a heart attack on the way to the clinic. He was be added to the family grave in Rumelange at the cemetery.

Since 2011, Albert Hames' houses and his studio in Rumelange have been on the list of classified monuments (Lëscht vun de klasséierte Monumenter).

11 years later, in 2022, his restored atelier became part of a new cultural space called SPEKTRUM, led by the Albert Hames asbl.

Work
Way of the cross in the Church in Bungeref

Portal, Tabernakel, Way of the cross and Crucifixion in the Church in Dippech

Way of the cross at the Basilika in Echternach

Monument aux morts at the Place des Enrôlés de Force – Victimes du Nazisme in Junglinster

Memorial for war victims on the wall of the Church in Käerch

Sculpture of the Tréischterin, altar, 2 ambons, way of the cross, Pietà, Baptismal font, at the Church in Lëtzebuerg-Bouneweg

Jousef-sculpture at the Jousefskierch in Limpertsberg

Model for the monument of WWII victims in Mamer

Way of the cross at the Church in Osper

Crucifixion at the Church in Rolleng

Crucifixion at the Church in Rumelange

Way of the cross at the Church in Wäicherdang

Monument with sculpture of Jean-Pierre Bausch in Rumelange

Eight reliefs on the Municipality building in Rumelange

Four reliefs on the Police building in Rumelange

Monument for the WWII victims in Colmar-Berg

Sculptures of the Monument aux morts in the building of the Gare in Lëtzebuerg-Gare

Monument for war victims Sandweiler

Monument for war victims on the wall of a primary school in Téiteng

Maria sculpture at the church in Junglinster

Sculpture 'Famill', in Keel

Exhibitions

 * 1996: Rétrospective about the artworks of Albert Hames
 * 2007: Group exhibition with artworks from Rumelange-based artists Félix Corrent (1895-1968), Albert Hames, Émile Kirscht (1913-1994) a Foni Tissen (1909-1975) for the municipality Rumelange.

Literature

 * Blasen, Léon, 1985. Das Monument für die im Zweiten Weltkrieg gefallenen oder ums Leben gekommenen Luxemburger Eisenbahner. Die Denkmäler der Stadt Luxemburg, Folge 29. Télécran Jg. 7, Nr. 32: 24-25. Luxembourg.
 * Langini, Alex, 1995. Albert Hames - "Restaurateur du Musée". Nos cahiers: Lëtzebuerger Zäitschrëft fir Kultur Joer 16, Nr. 2: 35-41. Luxembourg.
 * Ludmann, René, 1995. Albert Hames (1910-1989). nos cahiers Lëtzebuerger Zäitschrëft fir Kultur Joer 16, Nr. 2: 21-34. Luxembourg.
 * Persin, Patrick-Gilles & Andrée Fonck, 2008. Albert Hames, sculpteur. Luxembourg: Patrick-Gilles Persin, 2008. 139 p.. [ With photographs by Guy Wolff ]