Piat Joseph Sauvage (Tournai, 19 January 1744 – 11 June 1818, Tournai) was a Belgian painter. Piat's father, Antoine, was a glass cutter. Piat worked in his father's factory until the age of 17, when he completed his technical schooling in drawing. He went on to improve his artistic education at the Antwerp Academy under the direction of Martin Joseph Geeraerts, an expert in grisaille and historic paintings.. He worked for a time in Brussels under the rule of the Habsburgs. He then joined the… Read more...