Wenzel Profant

Wenzel Profant was one of the best-known graphic artists and sculptors in Luxembourg. During World War II he was an active resistance fighter. He founded the resistance movement “Alweraje.” As he was stalked by the German Gestapo he had to flee over France and Northern Spain to Great Britain, where he fought against the Germans as a paratrooper.

Profant studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Esch-sur-Alzette. He went on a scholarship to Firenze for some time, where he was a member in the local sculpture group “Reggio Instituto d’Arte”. He participated in the group of “Iconomaques.” He mainly produced abstract figures, which won him several awards. He spent his last years in Bech-Kleinmacher near Schengen. His bas-relief Hurdles is shown in the catalog of the art exhibition and is also one of the few works that can be identified on pictures of the exhibition halls.