As a
realistic painter of landscapes from the school of Tervuren,
Alphonse Asselbergs gets an education from Edouard Huberti.
Asselbergs stays most of the time in Tervuren, together with
Hippolyte Boulenger, Edouard Huberti, Joseph Coosemans en
Théodore Baron. But he also works in the environment of
Brussels, the ' Ardennen ', the ' Kempen ' and at the seaside.
His melancholic and romantic nature inspires him in his sad
landscapes who all have an easy structure.
After first having a life as
a salesman, Asselbergs establishes himself in the inn
' Le Renard ' in Tervuren. From this time on he gets devoted to
the art of landscapes and he becomes one of the most important
figures from the School of Tervuren.
In 1868, he is a co-founder of the ' Société libre de Beaux-Arts '
in Brussels. Between 1873 and 1874 he makes a trip to Algery.
From 1875 to 1877 he works in the woods of Fontainebleau, the
School of Barbizon in France. And for a while, Asselbergs is
also situated in Brasschaat.
A few of his works are kept in the musea
for fine arts in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bergen, Brussels, Doornik,
Gent, Kortrijk, Luik and Verviers.
Also the Museum Charlier in Brussels,
the Museum in Elsene and the townhal in Schaarbeek keep works
of Alphonse Asselbergs.