Louis (Lodewijk) Tytgadt (1841 - 1918)

Louis (Lodewijk) Tytgadt

Louis Tytgadt, also called Lodewijk Tytgadt, was a Flemish painter. He was trained at the Ghent Academy by Théodore-Joseph Canneel and then took painting lessons in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel. He mainly painted historical and Biblical scenes, as well as many portraits. In 1880 he was appointed teacher at the Ghent Academy, where he became director from 1892 to 1902. He promoted the construction of a new Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, which was built in 1902; he became president of this museum until his death.