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"; 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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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

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