Alphonse Asselbergs (1839 - 1916)
Alphonse Asselbergs
Alphonse Asselbergs was a Belgian painter, primarily of landscapes and forest scenes. Much of his training in art came from Huberti, and he would travel with him in the area around Namur. It was there he befriended Théodore T'Scharner, a student of Ferdinand Marinus, with whom he would go on painting expeditions in the Ardennes. In the summer of 1866, he took an extended trip with Huberti, to the artists' colony at Anseremme, where he was first exposed to the concept of painting en plein aire. In 1867 year he joined the painters at the artists' colony in Tervuren, where he stayed regularly until 1871. The Tervuren Schhol later became known as the Belgian equivalent of the Barbizon School. By 1868, he was receiving good reviews at the salon in Ghent. That same year, he became one of the co-founders of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts. By 1869, he was exhibiting in Brussels. From 1873 to 1874, he visited Algeria with the watercolorist, Arthur Bouvier. This resulted in a number of Orientalist canvases.
| Date and place of birt: | 19 june 1839, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Date and place of death: | 10 april 1916, Uccle, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter |
| Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
| Art style: | Realism |
| Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel |
