The Brussels painter Emile Hoeterickx studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before working as a decorative painter at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and at the Théâtre de Lille. In 1880, he participated in the creation of the group l'Essor, an important milestone in the development of the avant-garde in Belgium. He was also an active and noted member of the salons of the Royal Belgian Society of Watercolourists.

Hoeterickx also presented his watercolors and paintings in Belgian and international Fine Arts fairs. As a mark of his success, several museums bought works from him and he obtained a place as professor of decorative arts at the Institute of Arts and Crafts in Brussels (from 1890), then at the Academy of Ixelles (Brussels). His urban scenes, describing the bustle of the main streets or the social life of the parks, take place in Brussels, where the artist will spend most of his life and where he will die in 1923.