Liévin De Winne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Liévin De Winne

Belgian painter

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1821

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Date of Death: 13-May-1880

Profession: painter

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.