Liévin De Winne
Belgian painter
Died when: 59 years 110 days (711 months)Star 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.
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