Early Life, Family and Training Jean Brusselmans was born on 13 June 1884 in Brussels, Belgium. He grew up in a household where his parents ran a sewing workshop, a place of constant, practical labor. He was one of four children. His younger brother, Michel Brusselmans, eventually found his own way through sound, becoming a composer. His early training began with the precise, technical work of a lithographer. This foundation in printmaking likely informed his later interest in structure and form. He eventually moved into formal study at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he began to develop th…