Ferdinand Schirren
Ferdinand Schirren (8 November 1872, Antwerp - 19 February 1944, Brussels) was a Belgian painter, watercolorist and sculptor of Jewish ancestry. Biography He was the sixth child and first son born to Josephe Schirren, a copper worker, and his wife Anna née Mendelsohn. Originally from Odessa, they emigrated to Antwerp by way of Riga in 1864. Shortly after his birth, they moved to Anderlecht. He expressed his desire to become an artist at an early age, and received their support. From 1884 to 1885, he took night classes at the local drawing school. Then, from 1887 to 1894, he was a full-time student at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels. His primary instructor there was Joseph Stallaert. During the academic year of 1892–1893, he studied sculpture with Jean-Baptiste De Keyser (1857-1927). After graduating, he was employed in the studios of Jef Lambeaux, an early member of ''Les XX'', a progressive artists' co-operative. He set up his own studio in 1896.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,Statistics Belgium; ''Loop van de bevolking per gemeente'' (Excel file)
Population of all municipalities in Belgium, . Retrieved 1 November 2017. it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of around 1,200,000 people, it is the second-largest metrop ...
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