Henri Goovaerts

He was the son of a house painter and had to help his father at a young age with painting ornaments on ceilings.

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 Willem Geerts.

[1] He studied in Amsterdam with his friend and fellow student Alphonse Olterdissen; they returned to Maastricht where they opened a small private art school.

Most of the work of Goovaerts is held by individuals all over the world and a few museums, amongst others the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.