Biography

Belgian painter, brother of Eugène-Joseph Verboeckhoven. He studied in Brussels under his father, Barthélemy, and his brother. He concentrated on marine painting, generally scenes from the North Sea, as in Dutch Coast (1840; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège). Usually these scenes include a variety of boats, from humble fishing vessels to grand, two-masted brigs from foreign fleets, often shown in swelling or tempestuous seas, their sails billowing in the wind (e.g. Rough Sea, 1841; Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk). Verboeckhoven often collaborated with his brother, the latter filling in many of his compositions with figures and animals. His son, Louis Verboeckhoven (d. 1884), lived in Ghent and painted landscapes, flower-pieces and still-lifes.