LAUTERS, PAUL

(1806-1875)

Born into a poor family in Brussels on 16 July 1806, Paul Lauters studied at theAcadémie royale des Beaux-Arts. A painter (Bruxelles et ses environs, Brussels and environs), he was appointed a professor of design at the École royale de la Gravure, which opened in 1836. He participated in all of the exhibitions in Brussels beginning in the 1840s. His landscape paintings of Belgian sites were known for their simple elegance. Lauters taught design at the Académie royale from 1848 until his death on 12 November 1875 inIxelles.