Joseph Stallaert [SEP] date of death
Joseph Stallaert
Joseph Stallaert (19 March 1825, Merchtem - 24 November 1903, Ixelles) was a Belgian painter.
Life.
His parents were merchants and he was originally destined for a career in business. The person he was apprenticed to, however, turned out to be the uncle of the landscape painter , who discovered Stallaert's true ambitions and arranged for him to take lessons in the workshop of François-Joseph Navez. After Stallaert's father died, he openly declared his intention to be a painter.
by the City Council, setting seventy as a mandatory retirement age, Stallaert left the school and received a pension in 1900.
Two streets have been named after him, in Ixelles and Ukkel.
Honours.
- 1881: Officier in the Order of Leopold.
Further reading.
- L. Solvay, "Joseph Stallaert", in : "Biographie Nationale de Belgique, XXIII", Brussel, 1921-1924.
- Academie. "275 jaar onderwijs aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel