The first major Dutch artist to travel to Italy, while traveling he worked on the "Famous Men" series in the study of Federigo da Montefeltro and created a large Communion of the Apostles altarpiece after the commissioner fired Paolo Uccello.  
The teacher of Hugo van der Goes, he elaborated upon the concept of "space pockets" introduced by his own teacher, Dieric Bouts.  The first major Dutch artist to travel to Italy, while traveling he worked on the "Famous Men" series in the study of Federigo da Montefeltro and created a large Communion of the Apostles altarpiece after the commissioner fired Paolo Uccello.  FTP, name the artist often referred to by his adopted hometown of Ghent.
The teacher of Hugo van der Goes, he elaborated upon the concept of "space pockets" introduced by his own teacher, Dieric Bouts.  
Joos van Ghent or Joos van Wassenhove