Xavier De Cock

Xavier De Cock (10 March 1818, Ghent - 11 August 1896, Deurle) was a Belgian painter.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Ferdinand de Braekeleer, then travelled to Holland to copy the Old Masters.

In 1859, while painting in Sint-Denijs-Westrem during a visit home, he met a sixteen-year-old orphan girl, whom he married.

His regular contact with painters of the Barbizon school encouraged him to adopt a more contemporary style, and he became more successful.

His younger brother, Cesar De Cock [nl], became a well known landscape painter.