Jan Geeraerts
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Born
15 May 1814
Jan Geeraerts
15 May 1814
Died9 January 1890 (aged 75)
Antwerp, Belgium
EducationAcademy of Antwerp
OccupationPainter
Jan Geeraerts | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jan Geeraerts 15 May 1814 |
| Died | 9 January 1890 (aged 75) Antwerp, Belgium |
| Education | Academy of Antwerp |
| Occupation | Painter |
Jan Geeraerts (15 May 1814 – Antwerp) was a Belgian painter. He is known for his realist interiors of churches and other ancient buildings. He also painted genre scenes and religious subjects.[1]
Jan Geeraerts was born in Antwerp on 15 May 1814. He became a student at the Academy of Antwerp where he studied, amongst others, under the genre painter Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans[2] He participated in the Salons in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent.[1]
Geeraerts lived at 118 Lange Leemstraat in Antwerp. He died in Antwerp on 9 January 1890.[1]
