What is Mathy Engelen?
{{Infobox person | name = Mathy Engelen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|4||df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|20|1957|4||df=y}} | death_place = [[Lanaken]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = painter | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Mathy Engelen''' (April 1957 – 20 January 2023) was a Belgian painter from [[Lanaken]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20230121_95488864 |title=Lanakense kunstenaar Mathy Engelen, bekend van tekeningen van Maastricht, onverwacht overleden|work=[[De Limburger]]|date=21 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230121_94783847 |title=Lanakense kunstenaar Mathy Engelen onverwacht overleden|work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date=21 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/dmf20230121_94783847 |title=Lanakense kunstenaar Mathy Engelen onverwacht overleden|work=[[Het Belang van Limburg]]|date=21 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> Engelen worked for several years as an architect, but became a full time artist. He made drawings, etchings and watercolors of many historic buildings, village- and town views of the [[Maasland]] region. He was good friends with the princely [[House of Merode]] and also painted their German and Belgian castles.<ref name=ref1 /> Engelen had expositions in Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref name=ref5>{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/lanaken/kunstenaar-mathy-engelen-toont-hart-aan-slachtoffers-watersnood-valkenburg~abe9353b/ |title=Kunstenaar Mathy Engelen toont hart aan slachtoffers watersnood Valkenburg|work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]|date=26 July 2021|access-date=22 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref6>{{cite web|url=https://l1.nl/kunstenaar-mathy-engelen-werkt-en-exposeert-op-grote-hoogte-140535/|title=Kunstenaar Mathy Engelen