Louis Tytgadt

Tytgadt (standing) amidst artists from Ghent in the workshop of Charles D"Hoy, c. 1880 Louis Tytgadt or Tijtgadt (1841–1918) was a Belgian painter.

Born in Lovendegem (East Flanders]) on 20 April 1841, In June 1875, Tytgadt visited the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, together with the French artist Eugène Fromentin. 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. In 1902 the museum became a separate institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, with Tytgadt sitting on the board. He died in Ghent in 1918.

During his career, Tytgadt exhibited at the Paris Salon (1888)

Paintings of Louis Tytgadt