 In 1899 he illustrated the "Studentenliederboek" ('Student song book') of Karel Heyndrickx and in 1910 a few children's stories for the author Lodewijk Scheltjens (1861–1946).In 1912 he took part in the design of the historic procession in Rupelmonde in honour of the 400th birthday of Mercator.During the first world war he mainly painted country scenes with titles such as "Potato peelers in an old age home", "A sober meal", "A thatch making place", "The lace maker", "A clog maker", "A basket maker", "The small quay" (1917), "A burned farm", "A level crossing attendant", "A weaver family", "The spinning wheel", "Piety on the heather", etc.