Joseph Geefs

Joseph Geefs

Joseph Germain Geefs or Jozef Germain Geefs (23 December 1808 – 9 October 1885) was a Belgian sculptor. Also his six brothers Guillaume Geefs, Aloys Geefs, Jean Geefs, Théodore Geefs, Charles Geefs and Alexandre Geefs were sculptors.[1]

Life

Joseph Geefs was born in Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, going on to École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and winning the Prix de Rome in 1836. In 1841, he became a lecturer in sculpture and anatomy at the Academy in Antwerp (his pupils included Bart van Hove and Jef Lambeaux), rising to be its director in 1876. He was made an officer of the Order of Leopold in 1859 by King Leopold I.

Geefs married a daughter of the architect Lodewijk Roelandt and probably produced the portrait medallion on his gravestone.[2] Geefs died in Antwerp,[3] aged 76, and was buried in Berchem.[4]

Honours

Selected works

Statue of Gijsbert Van Hogendorp by Josef Geefs (1867)

Belgium

Antwerp

Brussels

Mechelen

Netherlands

Heiligerlee

Rotterdam

Tilburg

References

  1. ^ "Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" (in German). W. Engelmann. 1920.
  2. ^ "RoelandtLouis" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ Civil registry, Belgium, Antwerp, death 1885, record nr 4095
  4. ^ "Geefs" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 December 2007.
  5. ^ Handelsblad (Het) 15-05-1881
  6. ^ Obbit. in Handelsblad (Het) 10-10-1885
  7. ^ Obbit. in Handelsblad (Het) 10-10-1885
  8. ^ Obbit. in Handelsblad (Het) 10-10-1885
  9. ^ Obbit. in Handelsblad (Het) 10-10-1885
  10. ^ "The Devil in the Cathedral". Kuriositas. 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Parish website of Sts Peter and Paul" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Obelisk to King William II" (in Dutch).[dead link‍]
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