Sigismund goetze biography template

Sigismund Goetze accompanying the Queen Mother at a garden party in Grove House. Credit: Octavia Housing, with many thanks.

Sigismund Christian Hubert Goetze was born on 24 October 1866, 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 1868 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 1855 he entered the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited at his work at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon from 1888, 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 1898 he painted a mural for the Royal Exchange (The Crown offered to Richard III at Baynard’s C Biography template free.