A Life in Ghent Born in Ghent, Belgium, Auguste Dael was a painter and a patron of the arts. The son of Charles Dael and Flore Adèle Van Duyn, he was trained by Jozef Geirnaert. His artistic career saw him exhibiting at the Salon de Gand starting in 1847, and he remained a regular presence at various Belgian triennial salons until 1893. His reach extended to the Paris salons and the international exhibition in Tunis, where he was award…