Félix De Vigne | |
Birth Name: | Félix De Vigne |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1806 |
Birth Place: | Ghent, Frist French Empire |
Occupation: | Painter |
Education: | Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent |
Relatives: | Edmond De Vigne (son) Jules Breton (stepson) Emma De Vigne (niece) |
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 French: Recherches historiques sur les costumes civils et militaires, an illustrated compendium of the flags, shields and costumes of medieval guilds and military groups.
De Vigne was born in Ghent on 16 March 1806,[1] the eldest of six children.[2] His brother was sculptor Pieter De Vigne (1812–1877). He was the father of Brussels architect Edmond De Vigne (1841–1918), and the stepfather of painter Jules Breton.
De Vigne taught his niece, Emma De Vigne, paint.[3]