The Painter Hippolyte Van Soom
1883
Meet Hippolyte Van Soom, captured here by his friend and fellow artist Eugène Siberdt in 1883. With his intense blue eyes, dapper mustache, and paint-splattered palette in hand, he looks every bit the serious 19th-century artist pausing mid-work. Siberdt even signed his name right on the back of the wooden chair Van Soom is leaning on, grounding this intimate studio portrait in a specific moment in time.
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