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Charles de Groux

A Life in Shadows and Light Born in Comines on 25 August 1825, Charles de Groux lived a life that moved between the borders of France and Belgium. Though he was a French national, his heart and his career belonged to Belgium, where his family settled in Brussels in 1833. He was one of ten children, born into a family led by a ribbon manufacturer. This early environment, far from the lofty halls of high society, likely shaped the way he

looked at the world around him. His training began at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where he studied under François-Joseph Navez. In those early years, his brush followed the more traditional paths of Romanticism and Neoclassicism. However, a shift occurred around 1853. With works like The Drunk, he moved away from the elegant subjects taught by his master. He began to focus on the difficult realities of the people…