Sigismund goetze biography

Sigismund Goetze accompanying the Queen Mother at a garden party in Grove House.

Sigismund goetze biography

Credit: Octavia Housing, with many thanks.

Sigismund Christian Hubert Goetze was born on 24 October , the youngest son of James Goetze, described by Hector Bolitho as "a coffee merchant in Mincing Lane" (88) whose wife Rosina (née Bentley) was a talented musician.

He was christened on 19 February at St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace, where his family worshipped, and where there is a memorial window to him. He attended University College School, from which he won a scholarship to the Slade, and then in he entered the Royal Academy Schools.

He exhibited at his work at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon from , winning a gold medal at the latter.

Goetze first established himself as a portrait painter, for which he had a flourishing practice. His figure painting was widely recognised: in he painted a mural for the Royal Exchange (The Crown offered to Richard III at Baynard’s Castle), and from he pro