Adolphe Pierre Sunaert

At the creation of a special school of industrial design and weaving by the Ghent city council in 1852, Sunaert was appointed to teach the second part of the course.

He drafted two course books in the Dutch language, one on perspective entitled Doorzichtigheid of perspectief (1855) and one on geometry entitled Meetkundige bepalingen en begrippen met toepassingen bestemd voor de leerlingen der klas van lijntekening (1871).

[2] One of Sunaert's students was the painter Gustave den Duyts who studied spinning and weaving with him.

The city council of Ghent was of the opinion that the local museum did not receive a sufficient number of visitors.

Sunaert's proposals would require some adjustments to the museum building and was rejected by the city council.

[2] Sunaert was active in the 'Liberale Associatie' ('Liberal Association'), the political organization of the liberal party in Ghent.

In 1864 Sunaert provided financial support to Julius Vuylsteke in the attempt to establish the Dutch-language 'Liberaal-Nederlandsch Weekblad' ('Liberal-Dutch Weekly') and in 1867 he was involved in the re-establishment of the Flemish Liberale Associatie.