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

Marguerite Émilie Julie Putsage
Born(1868-11-15)15 November 1868
Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
Died22 September 1946(1946-09-22) (aged 77)
Brussels, Brabant, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Known forPainting, Sculpture

Biography

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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 Louis Devillez [fr], 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 Beaux-Arts Mons [fr] (BAM),[4] as well as public museums in Ghent and Ixelles.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Margeritte Putsage". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Clovis Piérard, "Putsage, Marguerite-Émilie-Julie", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 33 (Brussels, 1965), 690.
  3. ^ "Putsage, Marguerite". Dictionnaire des Peintres belges. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Putsage, Marguerite". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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