Joseph van severdonck biography of rory

Severdonck specialized in historical and genre paintings and studied under Wappers. Critical reception of his works was mixed. Walter Shaw Sparrow, who studied under him and considered him a "noted character", wrote of him in his memoirs.

Work titles include: * The Judgement of Solomon (ca. about 1850), oil on canvas * 14 Stations, (Church of Notre Dame, Namur) * Battle of Graveungen (1855); * Defence of Tournay in 1581 * Visitation of Mary (1862) * Ballot among the Gypsies * Battle of Vucht, (Palace of Justice, Ghent ) * Cavalry Attack (en)