Willem Geets
Willem Geets (born January 20, 1838 in Mechelen , † January 19, 1919 ibid) was a Belgian history painter and etcher as well as an art teacher .
Willem Geets began his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mechelen with Willem de Verschaeren the Elder. From 1858 to 1861 he studied at the Antwerp Academy with Nicaise de Keyser . In 1862 he came to Léon Cogniet's studio in Paris . From 1863 he worked alternately in Antwerp and Mechelen.
He mainly dealt with history painting, also created portraits and templates for tapestries for the Braquénié knitting mill in Mechelen, including eight tapestries for the Brussels City Hall. He illustrated books with etchings, a. a. the novel "Ernest Staes" by Anton Bergmann.
In 1869 he was appointed director of the Mechelen art academy and held the post until 1891.
In 1886 he founded a Guild of St. Luke in Mechelen .
literature
- Geets, Willem . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 333 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Berko, Patrick; Berko, Viviane: Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875 ; Brussels: Laconti, 1981
Web links
- Willem Geets. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Geets, Willem in: Dictionnaire des peintres belges (digitized version )
- Geets, Willem in AskArt Biography (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geets, Willem |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geets, Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian history painter and etcher as well as art pedagogue |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mechelen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1919 |
| Place of death | Mechelen |