Background
His father was a house painter.
His father was a house painter.
He was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age and attended drawing classes at the Quellinusschool.
Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat. He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still-lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris.
International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902.
Works by Hobbe Smith.
Arti et Amicitiae]
He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae.
