Jan Stobbaerts [SEP] occupation
Jan Stobbaerts
Jan Stobbaerts or Jan-Baptist Stobbaerts (Antwerp, 18 March 1838 – Schaerbeek, 25 November 1914) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He is known for his scenes with animals, landscapes, genre scenes and portraits or artists. With his dark-brown studio tones and forceful depiction of trivial subjects, Stobbaerts was a pioneer of Realism and 'autochthonous' Impressionism in Belgium.
Life.
Jan Stobbaerts was born in Antwerp as the son of the carpenter Maarten Jozef Stobbarts and his wife Johanna Rosalie
). What is remarkable is both the Dutch-language name of the circle and the Dutch-language motto. The blazon of Voorwaarts was designed by Middeleer. The members of Voorwaarts included Ernest Hoerickx, Léon Massaux, Emile Rimbout, Jan Stobbaerts, Pieter Stobbaerts, Eugène Surinx, Flori van Acker and Camille Wauters. Later, others joined including Theodoor Verstraete, Emile Claus, Adrien-Joseph Heymans, Gustave Vanaise, Alfred Verhaeren, Victor Gilsoul, Eugène Laermans, August De Bats, Henri Ottevaere and Emile Van Doren.