27 Facts About Henri Goetz

Henri Bernard Goetz was a French American surrealist painter and engraver.

Henri Goetz is known for his artwork, as well as for inventing the carborundum printmaking process.

Henri Goetz's work is represented in more than 100 galleries worldwide.

Henri Goetz later described his mother as a "quasi-academic" because of the two large parenting books she owned.

Henri Goetz began drawing because the books told that a child needs a certain number of hours outside in a day, and as such he was not allowed to come home before six.

Henri Goetz later asked his mother to beat him for his failure as an artist.

In September 1935, Goetz met Christine Boumeester at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere.

Henri Goetz invited her to visit his studio, and she moved in with him several days later.

Henri Goetz credited Christine with much of his early development from realism to his more modern surrealist painting style.

The group was arrested, although Henri Goetz was not among them.

However, Ubec was arrested, and the authorities found a note from Henri Goetz detailing instructions on forging identity cards.

Henri Goetz lived with her illness for three years, before dying in Paris on January 10,1971.

Henri Goetz decided to enroll at Harvard University, in Cambridge, where he attended art history lectures with the intent of becoming a museum curator.

Henri Goetz left Harvard the next year to attend the Grand Central School of Art in New York City, where he enrolled in morning, evening, and night classes.

The day after arriving in Paris, Henri Goetz began attending the Academie Colarossi, aiming to split his time between the studios there and those at the Academie Julian and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere.

Henri Goetz frequented the Montparnasse art studios, including the studio of Amedee Ozenfant.

Henri Goetz was not interested in formal training, instead looking for somewhere to paint.

Henri Goetz began by painting portraiture and studying the nude figure.

Henri Goetz stayed in Paris for two years, only returning home once to collect his belongings after deciding to stay in France permanently.

In January 1937, Henri Goetz held his first exhibition at the Galerie Bonaparte with his wife.

In 1945, after returning to Paris from several years working with the French Resistance forging documents, Henri Goetz worked with Rene Guilly on a national radio program called The World of Paris.

Henri Goetz visited a new studio each week and, through this, met with artists such as Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Wassily Kandinsky, Julio Gonzalez, Francis Picabia, and Max Ernst.

Henri Goetz continued broadcasting for six months before giving his position to someone else.

Henri Goetz showed the film to Gaston Diehl, leading Diehl to commission Resnais to create the film Van Gogh in the following year.

Henri Goetz taught at many other schools before finally founding the Academie Goetz.

Henri Goetz then moved to work at Paris 8 University, where he taught painting and etching classes.

Christine focused mostly on lithography, while Henri Goetz focused mostly on etching.