Discover copyist, painting conservator, painter Henri Goovaerts

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: Goovaerts, Henri Florimond

Qualifications: copyist, painting conservator, painter, draftsperson
copied very much in the Prado to Titian, Velasquez, Murillo, Teniers and Luca Giordano. He sold the majority of this on the spot to tourists to spice up his scanty monthly wage. The Rijksacademie bought only two paintings (Velasquez 'Nar and Las Hilanderas (currently owned by ICN); copied in Rome (ceiling Sistine Chapel) and in Florence (Boticelli' Allegory of Spring 'and a portrait of Bronzino); painted ten portraits of Maastricht mayors (council chamber in Maastricht); also led a studio in Aachen (Scheen 1981)

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Maastricht (city) 1865-11-13

Deceased: Sint Pieter (Maastricht) 1912-08-23

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1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1880 - 1912
ca. 1880-1912

Education: Academie van Mechelen

Amsterdam 1887-1889; in 1890 he won the 'Prix de Rome' (annual money NLG 1200.-), as well as the so-called 'Emmageld': a one-time royal subsidy of NLG 1000 set up by Queen Regent Emma.
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam)

Active in

Maastricht (stad) 1863 - 1883
According to the Maastricht population registers 1860-1890, Goovaerts lived at Capucijnenstraat 43 until 11 July 1883 when he moved to Mechelen.
Mechelen
Amsterdam (stad) 1887 - 1889
Spanje 1890
was there because of the Prix de Rome
Italië 1891-03 - 1893-02
was there because of the Prix de Rome
Parijs 1900 - 1901
News article Limburger Koerier 1933-08-12, press archive RKD ' Goovaerts, Henri Florimond'; Scheen 1981, p. 171
Spanje 1893-03 - 1894-08
Parijs 1895
Maastricht (stad) 1895 - 1898
Maastricht (stad) 1896
Capucijnenstraat 43 until 1896; Maastricht population register 1890-1920
Essen (Noord-Rijnland-Westfalen) 1896-05-11 - 1896
Maastricht (stad) 1897-03-02 - 1898
Returned to Capucijnenstraat 43; Maastricht population register 1890-1920
Düsseldorf 1898-04-20 - 1906
Hamburg
Aken 1906 - 1911
led a studio here (Scheen 1981)
Sint Pieter (Maastricht) 1906 - 1912

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Allebé, August
Waay, Nicolaas van der
was a pupil of his father in house and decorative painting (Scheen 1981)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: portrait, history (genre)

Prijzen

Prix de Rome
1890

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Scheen 1969-1970
Scheen 1981 , p. 171 (as: Goovaerts, Henri Florimond ('Henri');*)

P. Bautier, La peinture en Belgique au XVIIIe siècle, Brussel 1945, p. 9
A. Himmelreich, 'Een "salonschilder" uit Maastricht', Bonnefans 2 (1986) 4, p. 37-39

Rijksarchief voor Noord-Holland, Haarlem: archief Rijksacademie Amsterdam, dossier 239

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Project: The Dutch in Paris - Retour de Paris

External links: website Henri Goovaerts

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Creation date: 1994-01-25; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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