Frederick Marie Vermorcken was born October 13,1862 in Brussels, Belgium. He studied at the Beaux Arts Academy in d Anvers. Vermorcken exhibited with the Cerclle Artistique de Bruxelles and at the Federation of Belgium Artists.
In 1885, he traveled to the United States to open a studio in New York. In 1890, he exhibited a portrait at the Philadelphia Arts Club. He also exhibited in Chicago. In 1895, Vermorcken moved to San Francisco. He and his brother opened a studio and began exhibiting.
He was later elected Chevalier de La Couronne. His works hang at the University of San Francisco and at the State Capitol in New Jersey.
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E. Benezit, Vol. 10 pg.463
Exhibition Records from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Artists of California, 1876-1940
Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton
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