Jan Anton Garemijn (1712-1799)
• Also known as Garemyn, a Flemish painter and engraver.
• Was born at Bruges.
• Studied under Louis Boons and Matthias de Visch.
• He painted numerous altar-pieces for the churches at Bruges and Courtrai; and others for private persons at Brussels and Ghent.
• His pictures are highly esteemed by his countrymen for their warmth of colouring.
• He executed several of the plates for the Chronyke van Vlaenderen, published in 1736.
• He became professor in the Academy of Bruges, and died in that city in 1799.
Jan Anton Garemijn, Garden of the Willaeys family at Groeninge (Bruges), 1759
Original, Gruuthusemuseum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.
Jan Anton Garemijn, Garden of the Willaeys family at Groeninge (Bruges), 1759
Jan Anton Garemijn, The Pandreitje in Bruges, 1778
Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.
