Belgian painter of portraits, landscape and still life, etcher, lithographer and teacher. Studed at the Lier Academy,  Royal Academy and the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp under Albert and Julian De Vriendt. Awarded the Godecharle Prize in 1903. In 1905 was appointed professor at the Royal Academy in Antwerp(Belgium). Appointed Director of the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1926, Director of the Royal Academy, Antwerp, 1935 and created a baron 1940.