Jozef Horenbant (1863 - 1956)

Jozef Horenbant

Jozef Horenbant was a Belgian painter. Horenbant was a student at the Academy of Ghent. He became a teacher in 1886 and director of the Academy in Sint-Niklaas in 1900. He held the directorship until 1933. He was also director of the Drawing School in Ledeberg. Horenbant painted atmospheric, intimate genre scenes, interiors (especially of churches) and landscapes. He was co-founder of the Koninklijke Wase Kunstkring, a member of Als ik Kan and founder-curator of the Museum of Sint-Niklaas. He donated part of his oeuvre to the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, as well as his collection of old engravings and old sculptures. From 1911 to 1918 he was president of the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in Ghent.