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Painter of seascapes, landscapes, portraits and historical scenes.

Jacques Eugène Hubert (Eugène) Wolters was born in Venlo on October 23, 1844 and deceased in Antwerp on June 25, 1905. He was naturalized as a Belgian in 1894.

Wolters was a son of the merchant Jan Gerard Hubert Wolters and Maria Gertrudis Custers. At a very young age he already could draw well. He studied at the trade school in Venlo. From 1864 on he became a pupil at the Antwerp Academy with Professor Polydore Beaufaux (course ‘Drawing from life’), Jozef Van Lerius (course: ‘Basic training in painting’) and with the landscape painter Jacob Jacobs. He then perfected himself for three years with the Antwerp landscape painter Frans Lamorinière.

In the period 1869-1870 he worked in Moyland, near Kleef, in Germany. In 1870 he took part in two exhibitions in The Hague and in Sydenham, England, where he won a bronze medal. He won great esteem at many exhibitions. In 1881 he exhibited at the Brussels Salon with the canvases “The Scheldt at Rupelmonde at Low Tide”, “Fishermen Rush to the Aid of a Burning Ship” and “French Coasts”. Wolters also painted portraits and some historical scenes.