Sculptor Barthélémy Verboeckhoven (1759-1840) taught his son Eugène drawing and clay modeling before sending him to the Gent Academy from 1816 until 1818. Eugène subsequently studied with landscape painter <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/balthasar-paul-ommeganck">Balthazar-Paul Ommeganck</a> (1755-1826). Verboeckhoven exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1824 and soon concentrated on landscap