The Spirit of Antwerp In the heart of Antwerp, a city defined by its river and its commerce, Lode Sebregts began a life that would become deeply intertwined with the very fabric of Flemish visual culture. Born in 1906, he was a man of many hands, moving between the delicate precision of a draftsman and the bold strokes of a painter. His early years were spent under the watchful eyes of masters at the Academy of Antwerp and NHISKA, whe…