Lodewijk de Vadder was a Flemish Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 landscape painter and engraver.

Biography

He became a master of Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1628, and learned painting from his father and brothers. He specialized in landscapes with woods, in the manner of his contemporary Jacques d'Arthois

Jacques d'Arthois

Jacques d'Arthois was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in landscapes.-Biography:D'Arthois was born in Brussels. He was apprenticed to Jan Mertens on 11 January 1625 and became a master in the Brussels Guild of St. Luke in 1634...

 and his pupil Lucas Achtschellinck

Lucas Achtschellinck

Lucas Achtschellinck , was a Flemish landscape painter.He was probably the grandson of Lukas Achtschelling. He was born in Brussels and entered the Brussels painters guild on 26 October 1639 as a scholar of Pieter van der Borcht. He seems to have travelled in the following years as he gained his...

. They are usually referred to collectively as "The Sonian Forest

Sonian Forest

The Sonian Forest is a forest that lies across the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.The forest lies in the Flemish municipalities of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, in Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in the Brussels-Capital Region and in...

 Painters".

He also drew patterns for various tapestry

Tapestry

Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom, however it can also be woven on a floor loom as well. It is composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length and those parallel to the width ; the warp threads are set up under tension on a...

manufacturers in Brussels.