Joseph van Lil artwork • painting • previously for sale Portrait of the painter's son Georges

Relatively little is known about the life and work of Joseph van Lil. The painter was born in Oisterwijk in 1826 and initially worked as a traditional (house) painter. At the age of 20 he moved to Antwerp, where he made a name for himself as a free artist from 1856. He probably worked mainly as a portrait painter.