Marguerite Putsage
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Marguerite Émilie Julie Putsage | |
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| Born | 15 November 1868 |
| Died | 22 September 1946 (aged 77) Brussels, Brabant, Belgium |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Marguerite Émilie Julie Putsage (1868–1946) was a Belgian artist, particularly known for her portraits and flower paintings.[1]
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]
