Belgian sculptor. He received his training at the Academy in Mechelen under the direction of the Mechelen sculptor Pieter Jan Tambuyser (1796-1859), and between 1824 and 1827 he worked in his master's studio. Then he continued his education with his fellow townsman Jan Frans van Geel, then already in Antwerp. In 1830 in The Hague, he was a pupil of Lodewijk Royer. Between 1840 and 1844 Tuerlinckx studied in Rome. He produced a bust of Pope Gregory XVI there. In 1850 Joseph Tuerlinckx became a teacher at the Academy in Mechelen and would remain so until his death. In 1856 he was admitted as a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam. In Mechelen Joseph Tuerlinckx is known for his statue of Rembert Dodoens, which can be found in the Botanical Garden in Mechelen, and of the preliminary designs of the statue of Margaret of Austria, which stands today at the Mechelen Shoenmarkt. The statue was executed by the Mechelen tomb sculptor Versteenen after a model by Joseph Tuerlinckx. //