Marguerite Putsage Explained

Marguerite Émilie Julie Putsage
Birth Date:1868 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
Death Place:Brussels, Brabant, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Field:Painting, Sculpture

Marguerite Émilie Julie Putsage (1868–1946) was a Belgian artist, particularly known for her portraits and flower paintings.[1]

Biography

Putsage was born on 15 November 1868 in Mons, the daughter of Jules Maximilien Joseph Putsage and Marie Thérèse Philippine De Puydt.[2] Her father was director of the Union du Crédit in Mons.[2] She was a student of Auguste Danse,[3] and was also artistically influenced by, a family friend, and by Eugène Carrière, whose work she greatly admired.[2] She taught an art history course at the École des Mines (which later became the Faculté polytechnique de Mons).[2]

She died in Brussels on 22 September 1946. Her work is in the collection of (BAM),[4] as well as public museums in Ghent and Ixelles.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Margeritte Putsage . RKD . 24 April 2021 . nl.
  2. [Clovis Piérard]
  3. Web site: Putsage, Marguerite . Dictionnaire des Peintres belges . 24 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Putsage, Marguerite . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 24 April 2021 . en.