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Henri Goovaerts
Henri Florimond Goovaerts (13 November 1865, in Maastricht – 23 August 1912, in Maastricht) was a Dutch painting, painter. He was the son of a house painter and had to help his father at a young age with painting ornaments on ceilings. Soon he began to paint on canvas. Goovaerts decided to become a painter and against the wishes of his father he attended the Academy of Mechelen in Belgium. There he studied from 1883 to 1885 and was taught by, among others, academy director Willem Geerts. From 1887 to 1889, he studied at the Academy in Amsterdam and took off during this study to compete for the Prix de Rome (Netherlands), Prix de Rome, which he won in 1890. He studied in Amsterdam with his friend and fellow student Alphonse Olterdissen; they returned to Maastricht where they opened a small private art school. After his study, Goovaerts returned to Maastricht, where he founded a studio. He focused mainly on painting portraits, although he occasionally got other jobs as well. Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maastricht - Begraafplaats Tongerseweg - Graf Henri Goovaerts 20100731
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital city, capital and largest city of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse ( nl, Maas), at the point where the Jeker joins it. Mount Saint Peter (''Sint-Pietersberg'') is largely situated within the city's municipal borders. Maastricht is about 175 km south east of the capital Amsterdam and 65 km from Eindhoven; it is adjacent to the border with Belgium and is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, an international metropolis with a population of about 3.9 million, which includes the nearby German and Belgian cities of Aachen, Liège and Hasselt. Maastricht developed from a Roman Republic, Roman settlement (''Trajectum ad Mosam'') to a medieval religious centre. In the 16th century it became a garrison town and in the 19th century an early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
