Arthur Warocqué (1835 - 1880)

Arthur Warocqué

Arthur Warocqué was a Belgian industrialist, philanthropist, politician and artist.

He was the managing director of the coal mining companies Charbonnages de Mariemont and Bascoup, a member of the Belgian House of Representatives, and a collector.

Warocqué also had a passion for painting, studying under the Belgian illustrator Paul Lauters (1806-1876). While traveling through Scandinavia as a young man, Warocqué captured views of Sweden, Norway, and Lapland, from which he published a series of prints.