1957 | Obtained the Government Medal for painting and drawing. Selected for the “Salon du Brabant”. |
1960 | Appointed professor of drawing and painting at the Academy for Fine Arts, a position he held until 1996. |
1961/62 | Selected for the “Rik Wouters” prize – “Anto Carte” – “Louis Schmidt” Campo, Antwerp; “Hélène Jacquet” prize, La Louvière. |
1963/64/66 | Selected for the “Art d’Europe” prize – Belgian/Italian painting and design – “Anto Carte” Mention for the “Prix de Rome” Awarded the “Louis Schmidt Prize for Painting” Selected for the “Anto Carte” prize |
1967/69/73 | Solo exhibition at the Albert I Gallery in Brussels |
1969 | Founder member of the “Mouvement Réaliste” (Realist Movement) |
1974 | Solo exhibition of watercolours at the La Palette gallery, Dendermonde |
1975 | Founder of the “Groupe Méga” |
1977 | Led a panting/watercolour course at the International Academy of Luxembourg. Solo exhibition at the Centre Culturel Jacques Franck in Brussels |
1978 | Solo exhibition at the Centre Culturel , Waterloo |
1979 | Solo exhibition at Galerie Egmont, Brussels |
1980 | Organised a painting/watercolour course at the École d’Art de Chiny, which he continued to give until 1994. |
1981/83 | Exhibition in his atelier - Bellingen |
1989 | Group exhibition on the theme “1789” – Galerie du Parvis, Brussels Exhibition “Ça ira”(It’ll be fine) – the Realist Movement depicting the French Revolution in Maison Haute, Watermael-Boisfort “La Châtaigneraie” Centre for Contemporary Arts, Flémalle / Salle Saint Georges, Mons |
1990 | Solo exhibition at Galerie du Parvis, Brussels - The Painter’s Progress, “Retrospective” |
1999 (May) | Solo exhibition at the Maison des Artistes, Anderlecht, Brussels |
2001 | Solo exhibition at the Maison des Arts Gaston Williot in Brussels – “Brittany through the eyes of Marcel Verhofstadt” |
2006/07 | Took part in the 61st exhibition of the JECTA group at Dieleghem Abbey House, Brussels |
2008 | Exhibtion with the JECTA group at the Maison de la Laïcité Condorcet, Hamme-Mille |
2009 | Solo exhibition (Le printemps des musées/The Spring of the Museums) at Dieleghem Abbey House, Brussels |