Médard Tytgat

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Médard Tytgat (8 February 1871 – 11 January 1948) was a Belgian painter, lithographer, book illustrator and poster artist known for portraits, nudes, and landscapes. He was born in Bruges. From 1890 to 1894, he studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels with Jean-François Portaels. He took part in the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Médard Tytgat Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = October 2017|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ty/medard-tytgat-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062539/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ty/medard-tytgat-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 17 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920165 |title=Médard Tytgat |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 July 2020}} He died in Brussels.

Tytgat was considered a mediocre painter, but was more highly regarded as an illustrator.Review of exhibition by Tytgat by an "O.M." in L'art modern (1901), p. 406 [https://books.google.com/books?id=sjpXAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Médard+Tytgat%22&pg=PA406 online.] His younger brother, Edgard Tytgat, was also an artist. A grandson, Médard-Siegfried Tytgat (1916–1997), was a painter.BALaT Dictionnaire des peintres belges, entry for "Tytgat, Médard-Siegfried" [http://balat.kikirpa.be/DPB/FR/FMPro?-db=Dictionnaire.fp5&-lay=web&-format=Detail_notice.htm&ID_dpb=5128&-find Biographie d'artiste]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.