Scheemakers studied in Rome in the late 1720s before settling in London. He is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed sculpture of William Shakespeare which was erected in Westminster Abbey in 1740. He also made a large number of tombs.
Scheemakers was the teacher of Joseph Nollekens, among others. Towards the end of his life, he returned to Antwerp where he had been born, and died there.
Scheemakers brother, Henry Scheemakers, and his son, Thomas Scheemakers, were both also sculptors.
PETERSCHEEMAKERS (1691-1770), Flemish sculptor, was born in Antwerp, and learnt his art from his father and from Delvaux.
After visiting Denmark and walking thence to Rome for purposes of study, he returned on foot to the port of embarcation for England, but stayed in London but a short while.
Although less esteemed as an artist than Rysbrack and Roubiliac, Scheemakers was a very popular and widely-employed sculptor in his day, whose influence was considerable; he was the master of Nollekens, and left a son, Thomas Scheemakers, who produced a considerable amount of work, and exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1782-1804.
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