Printed: 2024-04-25
Blanckart, A. [&] C. Frères
Identity
Category
Partnership
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Activity
1894 * - 1903 / Hasselt, Rue de la Chapelle, 69
Predecessor: Blanckart Henri (& Fils)
Auguste & Célestin Blanckart, operating as "A. C. Blanckart Frères":
A CV at this address also mentions photographic supplies, framing and cameras.
1894 * - 1905 > Hasselt, Rue Isabelle
Predecessor: Blanckart Henri
On print with a 1902 dedication, "Firm founded in 1862. Blanckart Frères. Saint-Trond - Hasselt - Tongres", confirming that they maintained their father's circuit of operation. This same print also bears a small blind stamp "H. Blanckart & fils".
1903 Saint-Trond, Grand Hôtel du Commerce
1903 Tongres, Maestrichtersstraat (Hôtel de l'Aigle Noir)
1903 * - 1914 > Hasselt, Rue Maagdendries, 13<03-10> then 11<11-14>
Moved their studio from the Rue de la Chapelle, 69 to this address on 15.9.1903. Both Auguste and Célestin were also landscape painters. Célestin was the brother with the greatest artistic talent, also known for his paintings of the Campine region. This is the address given in the ABP membership lists (sometimes "Blanckaert"). Also collotype printing at this address. Célestin signed photographs with his diminutive "Stin Blanckart". Boudoir card signed "Gust. & Stin. Blanckart", c. 1909. Célestin left Hasselt for Brussels in 1909. He was registered at Avenue Louise, 41 in 1910 where he was most likely an operator for "Maison Fabronius" or Gustave Buyle at this address. The partnership of "Aug. & Cél. Blanckart Frères" continued to operate in Hasselt for several years.
After World War I, the brothers seem to have gone their separate ways. Auguste continued operating at this address and had branches in Tongeren and Sint-Truiden, while Célestin was active at Havermarkt, 23, where he used the trade name Modern-Photo. Célestin got married in Liège in 1921 and operated a portrait studio in Rouen [F], Rue Claude-Groulard, 3 in 1936. He was deported and perished during the Occupation.
Predecessor: Blanckart Henri (& Fils)
Auguste & Célestin Blanckart, operating as "A. C. Blanckart Frères":
- Henri Hubert Auguste, ° Hasselt, 17.7.1878; + Hasselt, 17.2.1952
- Mathieu Hubert Célestin, ° Hasselt, 4.9.1881; + Auschwitz [PL], May 1944.
A CV at this address also mentions photographic supplies, framing and cameras.
1894 * - 1905 > Hasselt, Rue Isabelle
Predecessor: Blanckart Henri
On print with a 1902 dedication, "Firm founded in 1862. Blanckart Frères. Saint-Trond - Hasselt - Tongres", confirming that they maintained their father's circuit of operation. This same print also bears a small blind stamp "H. Blanckart & fils".
1903 Saint-Trond, Grand Hôtel du Commerce
1903 Tongres, Maestrichtersstraat (Hôtel de l'Aigle Noir)
1903 * - 1914 > Hasselt, Rue Maagdendries, 13<03-10> then 11<11-14>
Moved their studio from the Rue de la Chapelle, 69 to this address on 15.9.1903. Both Auguste and Célestin were also landscape painters. Célestin was the brother with the greatest artistic talent, also known for his paintings of the Campine region. This is the address given in the ABP membership lists (sometimes "Blanckaert"). Also collotype printing at this address. Célestin signed photographs with his diminutive "Stin Blanckart". Boudoir card signed "Gust. & Stin. Blanckart", c. 1909. Célestin left Hasselt for Brussels in 1909. He was registered at Avenue Louise, 41 in 1910 where he was most likely an operator for "Maison Fabronius" or Gustave Buyle at this address. The partnership of "Aug. & Cél. Blanckart Frères" continued to operate in Hasselt for several years.
After World War I, the brothers seem to have gone their separate ways. Auguste continued operating at this address and had branches in Tongeren and Sint-Truiden, while Célestin was active at Havermarkt, 23, where he used the trade name Modern-Photo. Célestin got married in Liège in 1921 and operated a portrait studio in Rouen [F], Rue Claude-Groulard, 3 in 1936. He was deported and perished during the Occupation.
Locations
1894 * - 1903 / Hasselt, Rue de la Chapelle, 69
1894 * - 1905 > Hasselt, Rue Isabelle
1903 Saint-Trond, Grand Hôtel du Commerce
1903 Tongres, Maestrichtersstraat (Hôtel de l'Aigle Noir)
1903 * - 1914 > Hasselt, Rue Maagdendries, 13<03-10> then 11<11-14>
1894 * - 1905 > Hasselt, Rue Isabelle
1903 Saint-Trond, Grand Hôtel du Commerce
1903 Tongres, Maestrichtersstraat (Hôtel de l'Aigle Noir)
1903 * - 1914 > Hasselt, Rue Maagdendries, 13<03-10> then 11<11-14>
Exhibitions
Liège, 1905 (Célestin, member of the ABP, 1906-1908); Marseille, 1906 (Auguste and Célestin individually).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
NICOLAÏ, Jean. "Fotostudio Blanckart...Kijken naar het vogeltje! Een beeld van deze familie en hun betekenis voor de fotografie in Hasselt", Kunst & Erfgoed in de kijker - Het Stadsmus [Hasselt], n° 48, 2015, pp. 1-16.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1906 - 1908
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#272
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 27.5.2017, 26.9.2017, 2.10.2017, 22.1.2018, 4.5.2018, 6.11.2018 & 12.11.2018; MCC revised 9.3.2020; SFJ revised 18.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 23.4.2020, 28.10.2020, 5.11.2020, 5.3.2022 & 4.7.2023