François Stroobant (14 June 1819

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– 1 June 1916

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) was a

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painter and

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, and brother of the lithographer Louis-Constantin Stroobant (1814–1872) noted for his part in ''

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''. He attended the Brussels Académie des Beaux-Arts between 1832 and 1847, studying under

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and

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(1798–1889). In 1835 he worked in the studio of the lithographer Antoine Dewasme-Plétinckx (1797-1851) in Brussels. Stroobant's subjects were mainly landscapes and architecture. He travelled extensively through the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Hungary, exhibiting in the galleries of the Belgian towns Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels. His romantic painting style stayed constant throughout his career. He was founder and first director in 1865 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at

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in Brussels.François Stroobant
@ Invaluable In 1878 he was made an Officer in the Order of Leopold.

Selected paintings

File:Lorch Hilchenhaus alter Stich.jpg, The Hilchenhaus in Lorch File:François Stroobant00.jpg, Palace of Casimir, King of Poland File:François Stroobant - Ruins of the Abbey of Villers - WGA21897.jpg, Ruins of

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File:François Stroobant05.jpg, Courtyard of Marguerite of Austria at

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References

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