Sigismund Christian Hubert GOETZE
1866–1939, England
Biography
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Sigismund Christian Hubert Goetze entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1885. From 1888 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and at the Paris Salon. Goetze established a successful practice as a portrait and figure painter, later turning to landscape work. Between 1912 and 1921 Goetze completed a cycle of mural paintings for the first floor of the Foreign Office which he gifted to the nation. In recognition of this and other services, the Royal Institute of British Architects made him an honorary member in 1930. Goetze was a generous benefactor and regularly supported the Artists General Benevolent Institution.
His friends included Alfred Gilbert. After the sculptor's death in 1934, Goetze assisted the National Art Collections Fund in purchasing Gilbert's collection and distributing it to various public collections. In 1938 Goetze was awarded the 'Prize for Distinguished Service to Sculpture' by the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Goetze's widow set up the Constance Fund in 1944, which was administered by the Royal Society of British Sculptors and was intended to encourage '...Ideal Sculpture and its setting for Parks and Public Places in conjunction with the settings and surroundings'.
Source: http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1273069703
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