Marguerite Putsage

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

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, 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 (BAM),[4] as well as public museums in Ghent and Ixelles.[2]

  • The Hairdresser
    The Hairdresser
  • Roses in a bowl
    Roses in a bowl
  • Reading
    Reading

References
  1. "Margeritte Putsage". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. 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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