Félix de Vigne
Félix De Vigne (16 March 1806 – 5 December 1862) was a Belgian painter. He was a history painter, engraver, art historian, and instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, the city of his birth. In 1847, he published Recherches historiques sur les costumes civils et militaires, an illustrated compendium of the flags, shields and costumes of medieval guilds and military groups.
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- Name
- Félix De Vigne
- Born
- 16 March 1806
- Birthplace
- Ghent, First French Empire
- Died
- 5 December 1862
- Occupation
- Painter
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Fields
- history
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Leopold
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Félix De Vigne (16 March 1806 – 5 December 1862) was a Belgian painter. He was a history painter, engraver, art historian, and instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, the city of his birth. In 1847, he published Recherches historiques sur les costumes civils et militaires, an illustrated compendium of the flags, shields and costumes of medieval guilds and military groups.
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Jules Breton is recorded as having studied under Félix de Vigne. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ghent. Work by Félix de Vigne is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and Ghent Archives. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Leopold.
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Félix de Vigne
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• Name — Félix De Vigne • Birth Name — Félix De Vigne • Born — 16 March 1806 • Birthplace — Ghent, First French Empire • Died — 5 December 1862 • Occupation — Painter • Education — Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent • Relatives — Edmond De Vigne (son) Jules Breton (son-in-law) Emma De Vigne (niece)
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Personal life
De Vigne was born in Ghent on 16 March 1806, the eldest of six children. His brother was sculptor Pieter De Vigne (1812–1877). He was the father of Brussels architect Edmond De Vigne (1841–1918). He was also the father-in-law of painter Jules Breton, who married De Vigne's eldest daughter, Elodie. De Vigne taught his niece, Emma De Vigne, paint.
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- 1.Champlin. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. Volume IV. Charles Scribner's sons. 367. 1905.
- 2.Breton, Jules. The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature. D. Appleton. 153. 1891.
- 3.figuration feminine : Emma De Vigne (1850–1898). figuration feminine.
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- This page translated from its Dutch equivalent accessed 9/13/2010
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