His first work,
War, was exhibited in 1871, and was followed by a long series of humorous groups, including
Children Dancing, Say Good Morning, The Lucky Number and;
An Accident (1875). He then went to
Paris, where he executed
The Beggar and The Blini Pauper for the Belgian salons, and produced
The Kiss (1881), generally regarded as his masterpiece.
Claire J. R. Colinet – who would have great success during her career in the
Art Deco era – was one of Lambeaux's students during his time in Paris. After visiting
Italy, where he was much impressed by the works of
Jean Boulogne, he showed a strong predilection for effects of force and motion.
Temple of Human Passions Lambeaux didn't escape the wrath of art critics when he showed a life-size model of
Temple of Human Passions at the Salon Triennial in
Ghent in 1889. The sculpture managed to attract such fury and uproar that in 1890 the journal
L’Art Moderne described the work as follows: ==Death==