Emma De Vigne | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait | |
| Born | 30 January 1850 |
| Died | 3 June 1898 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Style | Sill life; Portrait |
| Movement | Flemish School |
| Spouse(s) | Jules De Vigne |
Emma De Vigne (30 January 1850 - 3 June 1898) was a Belgian still life and portrait painter, who came from a family of artists from Ghent. Her paintings were exhibited in Europe, as well as in South America.
De Vigne was born on 30 January 1850 in Ghent. [1] The family were all artists: her father, Pieter, and uncle, Felix, were sculptors, and she and her sisters, Louise and Malvina, were painters. [2] [3] It was her uncle, Félix De Vigne, taught her to paint; she later married his son, her cousin Jules De Vigne, who was a lawyer and a writer. [4]
During her lifetime De Vigne was known as a flower, and later portrait painter, who specialised in still life. [5] Her works often sold for over 1000 Belgian Francs, which was notable for a female painter at the time, [6] and were often exhibited alongside other female painters. [6] These women formed a new generation of Flemish artists. [7]
In 1887 her work was displayed in Buenos Aires in an exhibition of Belgian art, which opened there on 5 October. [8] Her painting "Fleur de thé" was sold to banker Lisandro Bellinghurst. [8] De Vigne exhibited her work in the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. [9]
De Vigne died on 3 June 1898 in Ghent. [1] She is buried in Ghent Westerbegraafplaats. [10] After her death, her husband published a selection of his writings, which were dedicated to her memory. [11]
De Vigne's paintings are held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent [12] and the Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique. [13]
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