The Modern Ter Borch: The Luminous World of Florent Willems In the grand tapestry of nineteenth-century European art, where many painters sought to break from tradition through the advent of Impressionism and realism, Florent Joseph Marie Willems chose a different, more nostalgic path. Born in Liège in 1823, Willems did not merely observe history; he breathed life back into it. Often referred to by the evocative moniker “the modern Te…