Louis Tytgadt

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

Born in Lovendegem (East Flanders]) on 20 April 1841,[1] 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.

[2] He also served as deputy chair of the Provincial Commission for the Preservation of Monuments and Landscapes.

During his career, Tytgadt exhibited at the Paris Salon (1888)[1] and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893).