Joseph Geefs

Joseph Geefs studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Frans Joris is recorded as having studied under Joseph Geefs. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Rome. Work by Joseph Geefs is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Middelheim Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Museum Korps Rijdende Artillerie and National Museum Paleis het Loo. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Officer of the Order of Leopold, Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown and Order of the White Falcon.

Joseph Geefs was born in Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, going on to École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and winning the Prix de Rome in 1836. In 1841, he became a lecturer in sculpture and anatomy at the Academy in Antwerp (his pupils included Bart van Hove and Jef Lambeaux), rising to be its director in 1876. He was made an officer of the Order of Leopold in 1859 by King Leopold I. Geefs married a daughter of the architect Lodewijk Roelandt and probably produced the portrait medallion on his gravestone. Geefs died in Antwerp, aged 76, and was buried in Berchem.

• Illustration — Statue of Gijsbert Van Hogendorp by Josef Geefs (1867)

• Indian rider attacked by two jaguars (1869) and Hunter with booty, in Antwerp Zoo • Equestrian statue of Leopold I of Belgium, in Leopoldstraat (1872)

• L'ange du Mal (The Angel of Evil), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

• Stations of the cross (1867) and images (1867–1871) in Saints Peter and Paul Church

• Monument to Adolf van Nassau (1873), to a design by Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger

• Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1867), Coolsingel

• Portrait medallion of William II of the Netherlands on an obelisk (1874)

The authorities additionally record the headings Joseph Germain Geefs, Josef Geefs, Jozef Geefs, Joseph-Germain Geefs and Joseph Germain. 2 children are recorded: Georges Geefs and Eugène Geefs. Other recorded relations include Louis Roelandt and Louis van Overstraeten.

Joseph Geefs is recorded as having received Prix de Rome, Officer of the Order of Leopold and Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown. Formation and teaching. Geefs studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.