Belgian, 1819–1916
François Stroobant (1819–1916) was a Belgian painter and lithographer born in Brussels. He studied at the Brussels Académie des Beaux-Arts from 1832 to 1847 and worked in the studio of Antoine Dewasme-Plétinckx in 1835. Stroobant focused on landscapes and architectural subjects, travelling widely across Europe and exhibiting in Ghent, Antwerp, and Brussels. He established and became the first director of an art academy in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in 1865, and was named an Officer in the Order of Leopold in 1878.
Sources: Wikipedia (en): François Stroobant · Wikidata Q1451201
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