(b Brussels, 26 Aug 1856; d
Schaarbeek, 27 Jan 1940).
Belgian painter and draughtsman. He studied briefly under Charle-Albert
before attending the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, where he
became a pupil of Jules Vankeirsbilck (1833–96) and Ernest Slingeneyer
(1820–94), also working in the studio of Jean-François Portaels. In 1878
he went to Italy with the sculptor Julien Dillens; he stayed there for
over a year, making numerous studies after the artists of the
Quattrocento. In 1878 he made his début at the Triennial Salon in
Brussels and became a member of the group of Realist painters known as
L’ESSOR. The very early work still shows the influence of E. Wauters
(1846–1933), with whom he collaborated on the Panorama of Cairo
(untraced).
