some three years ago,deserves to be remembered on ac-count of his eminent gifts as alandscape painter, and all the more so becausein his pursuit of art he had to battle with manyhardships. He was born at Ghent inand his parents were people of quite humbleextraction. Originally destined for the… … INE BATTlE EN CAMPINE BV THEODORE VERSTRAETE Academy, then under the directorship of Nicaisede Keyser. Theodores bent was towards land-scape painting, but to gain gold and glory inthis branch of art at that date it was not con-sidered necessary to study nature—sweetly prettylandscapes could be…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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