Georges Baltus

Georges Baltus was the father of Ado Baltus, and was married to Sylvia, the daughter of the German sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. Baltus studied in Bruxelles and Paris, then lived and worked in Firenze for almost 10 years. In 1905 he became professor at the Glasgow School of Art. As he could not go back there due to World War I, he remained in Belgium. There he became a teacher of art education first in Leuven, then in Ixelles, and eventually inspector of art education at the academies.

He painted allegories of literary, symbolic and mythological scenes, portraits, still lifes and landscapes. After World War I he received some important commissions for monumental decorative works.