Jean-Joseph Weerts

Jean-Joseph Weerts (1 May 1846, Roubaix - 28 Septembre 1927, Paris) was a French painter of Belgian origin who worked in the Academic style. His father was a mechanical engineer who gave him his first introduction to drawing. Later, in 1858, he attended the Académie des Beaux-arts de Roubaix. With a pension (stipend) from Roubaix, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts...