Corbet, Charles

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Person (Male)

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  • Amateur

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Life dates

Antwerp, 1868 -  Antwerp - Borgerhout, 1936

Activity

1896 ca - 1914 Anvers - Merxem
Carolus Ludovicus Maria, ° 17.10.1868; + 14.11.1936. He took an estimated 500 autochromes between 1909 and 1914: genre studies, interiors and still lifes. He shared this interest with Paul Sano and Alphonse Van Besten. Member of the "Cercle d'études photographiques et scientifiques d'Anvers" from 1908 at the latest; committee member, 1913-1914. Gave a talk to CEPSA on the Paget process of colour photography on 17.3.1914. Reportedly a member of "Fotokring IRIS". Resident in Antwerp - Borgerhout according to the 1914 CEPSA membership list. Still a member of CREPSA in 1922.

Locations

1896 ca - 1914 Anvers - Merxem

Exhibitions

Antwerp, 1912 PK.

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Bibliography/Webography

VAN HOOF, Florent. "Belgian Autochromists. Charles Corbet", accessed on 27.2.2018, at:
http://autochromes.be/bio_corbet.htm

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#808

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SFJ revised 3.2.2018 & 27.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries.; SFJ revised 25.5.2020, 4.6.2020, 13.9.2020, 6.10.2020 & 6.3.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 7.5.2020, 19.5.2020, 2.11.2022 & 17.4.2024

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