Willy Martens (1856-1927), toegeschreven aan - Vrouw met geit

Willy Martens [attributed]
Woman with a goat
oil painting on canvas.

Signature is of a later date,


Willem (Willy) Martens (Semarang, 1 December 1856 - The Hague, 24 January 1927) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and lithographer. He was from 1911 deputy director and from 1915 to 1924 director of the Rijksmuseum H.W. Mesdag in The Hague.

Life and work
After his education at the Trade School, Martens pursued his art training at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam) from 1876 to 1880 where he studied with August Allebé and Barend Wijnveld, and at the Académie Cormon in Paris (in 1881) where he studied with Fernand Cormon. He also studied at the atelier of Léon Bonnat.

He lived and worked, among others, in Nanterre, Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague, Nunspeet, Scheveningen and Ermelo. He was chairman at Pulchri Studio (The Hague) and a member of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.