User:Nathalie Veeq/Walter Vannetelbosch

Walter Vannetelbosch was born on 5 July 1953 in Wespelaar, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. He has an older sister, Jenny and two younger brothers, Paul and Jan.

He studied Arts at the Sint Lucas Hogeschool in Brussels, where he graduated in 1973. He then attended night school drawing in Leuven for another two years.

In 1976 he married Nicole Van Damme and they had two sons: Otto Vannetelbosch (born 10/12/1976) and Koen Vannetelbosch (born 1979). Nicole died in an unfortunate car accident in 1985, after which Walter remarried Christine Haegemans in 1995.

Walter has always worked in construction as a mason and for the last 30 years of his career he worked as a cable welder. Painting, however, remained a passion of his throughout those years, which he has always exercised in the background.

He retired in 2013 and was able to fully focus on his passion again. He then followed a few specialization years at the Rillaar Art Academy, after which he also took an extra course according to the old masters in Maaseik.

To this day Walter lives in Werchter in Belgium in Flemish Brabant, where he continues to work on his portfolio in his paint studio.