Neo-Impressionist painter who belonged to and co-founded Les XX, a group of young, radical artists. He is remembered for his later works, "Olive trees near Nice" and "Four Bathers." He studied at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, where he was heavily influenced by Belgian orientalist painter Jean-Fran ois Portaels. He was 18 when he was first included at the Salon of Ghent.
