Acad

Mr Cheng, who is now a member of the Académie, didn't speak a word of French when he first arrived in France.

He modeled caryatids for the Palais de la Bourse at Brussels; for the Palais des Académies he made a frieze representing children and the attributes of the arts and sciences; he was charged also with the execution of decorative pieces for different municipal buildings of the city of Antwerp.