Joseph Geefs


Joseph Germain or Jozef Geefs was a Belgian sculptor. His brothers Guillaume Geefs and Jean Geefs were also sculptors.

Life

Joseph Geefs was born in Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, going on to Paris's École des beaux-arts and winning the Prix de Rome in 1836. In 1841, he became a lecturer in sculpture and anatomy at the Academy in Antwerp, rising to be its director in 1876. He was made an officer of the Order of Leopold in 1859.
Geefs married a daughter of the architect Lodewijk Roelandt and probably produced the portrait medallion on his gravestone. Geefs died in Brussels, aged 76, and was buried in Berchem.

Honours

Belgium

Antwerp

Heiligerlee