Louis Tytgadt Explained

Louis Tytgadt or Tijtgadt^[1] (1841–1918) was a Belgian painter.

Born in Lovendegem (East Flanders]) on 20 April 1841, Tytgadt studied at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Ghent, and in the Paris studio of Alexandre Cabanel.^[2] In June 1875, Tytgadt visited the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, together with the French artist Eugène Fromentin.^[3] In 1880 Tytgadt became a teacher at the Ghent academy. By 1892, until 1902, he was director of the academy and its museum. He established the academy's decorative arts section.^[4] In 1902 the museum became a separate institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, with Tytgadt sitting on the board. He also served as deputy chair of the Provincial Commission for the Preservation of Monuments and Landscapes.^[5] He died in Ghent in 1918.

During his career, Tytgadt exhibited at the Paris Salon (1888) and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893).^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tytgadt, Louis. RKD Research.
2. Web site: Onder vrienden: Lezers van de Gazette van Gent van Louis Tytgadt. Johan De Smet. 5 December 2023. MSK Gent.
3. Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu, "Nineteenth-Century Visitors to the Frans Hals Museum", in The Documented Image: Visions in Art History, edited by Gabriel P. Weisberg and Laurinda S. Dixon with the assistance of Antje Bultmann Lemke (Syracuse University Press, 1987), p. 135.
4. Book: Gand artistique: revue mensuelle illustrée. 1. 1922. 42.
5. Book: Dubbele wegwyzer der stad Gent en der provincie Oost-Vlaenderen. 53. 1915. 364.
6. Book: The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Trumbull White. William Igleheart. 1893. 357-358.