Pierre Oliver Joseph Coomans (1816-1889) [Joseph Coomans]
Pupil of:
Professor Hasselaere at Ghent, Nicaise de Keyser and Baron Wappers at the Antwerp Academy
Teacher of:
Diana Coomans, Heva Coomans
The late Joseph Coomans was one of the most popular of European painters with American collectors,and the sale of his works in this country alone made him a very rich man.
He was a native of Brussels,and a pupil of Professor Hasselaereat Ghent, and of Nicaise de Keyser and Baron Wappers at the Antwerp Academy. From Antwerp heremoved to Paris, and going with the French army to Algiers, where he resided several years,he later traveled extensively in Italy, Turkey, Greece, and the Crimea.
Joseph coomans biography wikipedia
At this time he paintedhistorical and portrait subjects, but in 1857 he visited Italy, and became interested in the remains ofancientPompeii, which were then being excavated. From this time forth he took up the line ofsubjects which made him famous.