How to Pronounce Liévin De Winne
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Jan 24, 1821 Ghent, Belgium Died on 13 May 1880 (aged 59)
Belgian painter
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About Liévin De Winne
- Liévin De Winne (Ghent, 24 January 1821 - Brussels, 13 May 1880) was a Belgian portrait painter who painted the official portrait of Leopold I on which the first postage stamp of Belgium was based. De Winne was a pupil of Félix De Vigne and Henri van der Haert at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
- In 1850 he received a grant from the government of Belgium that enabled him to travel to Paris and from 1852 to 1855 he was able to share a studio with Jules Breton who subsequently wrote De Winne's biography.
- From 1861, De Winne resumed residency in Belgium where he established himself as a portrait painter to high society.
- His direct and insightful style won him many eminent clients and was a decisive break with the more romantic style of earlier Belgian portrait painting.
