Henri Pauwels

Background

Pauwels, Henri was born on December 2, 1923 in Courtrai, Belgium. Son of Pierre and Marguerite (Croquison) Pauwels.

Education

D in Art History and Archeology, U., Ghent, Belgium, 1950.

Career

Assistant, State University of Ghent, Belgium, 1948-1956; science collaborator, City Museum, Bruges, Belgium, 1958; science researcher, Fond National Research Science, Brussels, 1958-1959; assistant, Musées royaux Art et Histoire, Brussels, 1959-1963; keeper, Musées, 1963-1988; dir a.i, Mus-248es royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1985-1988; director, Mus-248es royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1988.

Achievements

• Henri Pauwels has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België (chairman 1981), Kon-Comm. Monumenten.

Interests

• Avocation: classical music.

Connections

Married Violette De Cuyper, October 18, 1952. Children: Thierry, Dominique.

Father:

Pierre Pauwels

Mother:

Marguerite (Croquison) Pauwels

Spouse:

Violette De Cuyper

child:

Dominique Pauwels

child:

Thierry Pauwels