# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-van-essche
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:23.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-van-essche"
name: "Maurice van Essche"
slug: "maurice-van-essche"
description: "Maurice van Essche was a Belgian-born South African artist and art teacher who achieved national and international recognition in his lifetime."
tagline: "Belgian-born South African painter (1906-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice_van_Essche_1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1906-10-04"
deathDate: "1977-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.09
  momentum:             0.1724137931034483
  historical:           5.735457333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice Van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_van_Essche"
    title: "Maurice van Essche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6793567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump