Henri Goovaerts

Henri Florimond Goovaerts (13 November 1865, Maastricht - 23 August 1912, Maastricht) was a Dutch 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 . Henri Goovaerts died at the age of 46 on 23 August 1912. * Portrait of G.D.L. Franquinet * Portrait of Jean François Hennequin *

Henri Goovaerts

Henri Florimond Goovaerts (13 November 1865, Maastricht - 23 August 1912, Maastricht) was a Dutch 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 . Henri Goovaerts died at the age of 46 on 23 August 1912. * Portrait of G.D.L. Franquinet * Portrait of Jean François Hennequin *