Career
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 died in Brussels. Tytgat was considered a mediocre painter, but was more highly regarded as an illustrator.
A grandson, Médard-Siegfried Tytgat (1916–1997), was a painter.
