Philip van Dapels

[1] Philip van Dapels' style and subject matter are close to those of his master Jacques d'Arthois and Cornelis Huysmans, two artists who like van Dapels often depicted wooded landscapes and the scenery around Brussels.

He is first recorded in 1654 in the books of the Brussels Guild of St. Luke as a pupil of Jacques d'Arthois.

This school included painters like Lodewijk de Vadder, Jacques d'Arthois and Lucas Achtschellinck who often depicted the woods and sand banks in the Sonian Forest near Brussels.

Van Dapels' style is distinguished by a rather mechanical touch in his depiction of foliage and a palette limited to browns and greens.

[2] Van Dapels and Cornelis Huysmans, as well as Cornelis' brother Jan Baptist Huysmans form the last generation of the School of Painters of the Sonian Forest.