Printed: 2020-05-31
Blanpain, Félicien
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Thoricourt, 1862 - Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1946
Activity
1898 - 1914 Bruxelles
Félicien Joseph, ° 31.12.1862; + 7.11.1946. Lieutenant in the Gendarmerie, rising to commander during this period. Constructed and patented a reflex camera in 1904. Committee member, subsequently ordinary member, of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles". Gave a talk to the "Cercle Africain" on the royal greenhouses at Laeken, illustrated with autochromes (Le Soir, 27.6.1914). Pursued his military career, often in appointments close to the royal household; promoted Colonel in 1920. Blanpain's collection of Old Master paintings was dispersed after his death by auction in Brussels on 27.1.1947.
Félicien Joseph, ° 31.12.1862; + 7.11.1946. Lieutenant in the Gendarmerie, rising to commander during this period. Constructed and patented a reflex camera in 1904. Committee member, subsequently ordinary member, of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles". Gave a talk to the "Cercle Africain" on the royal greenhouses at Laeken, illustrated with autochromes (Le Soir, 27.6.1914). Pursued his military career, often in appointments close to the royal household; promoted Colonel in 1920. Blanpain's collection of Old Master paintings was dispersed after his death by auction in Brussels on 27.1.1947.
Locations
1898 - 1914 Bruxelles
Exhibitions
Ixelles, 1903; Effort, 1905; Ixelles, 1909.
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#282
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 6.3.2019 & 31.3.2019; MD revised 4.5.2020 & 19.5.2020; SFJ revised 21.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght