Belgian painter. His first teacher was his father, a distinguished amateur artist. He received further instructions in painting from Jean-Baptiste de Roy (1759-1839). Journeys in Switzerland and Italy contributed to develop his talent as a landscape painter. His paintings representing waterfalls, mountain streams, and mills gained for him the name of 'The Painter of Waterfalls.' Some of his paintings are enriched with figures and animals by Balthasar Paul Ommeganck. His niece Isabelle Catherine van Assche (b. 1794), was a pupil. Her sister, Amélie van Assche (1804-after 1848), was a miniaturist. //