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Dandoy, Armand
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Gougnies, 1834 - Namur, 1898
Activity
1862 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue de Fer, 82 then 78<66>
Predecessor: Dandoy Frères
Armand Ernest Ghislain, ° 11.11.1834; + 14.7.1898. Painter and photographer. A landscapist, Dandoy presented his work at the Brussels Salon in 1863 and at the Antwerp Salon in 1864. A friend of Félicien Rops since their schooldays together, Dandoy repeatedly took his portrait. The two artists went rowing together and exchanged an extensive correspondence. Joint founders of the "Royal Club Nautique de Sambre et Meuse" (RCNSM) in 1862, Dandoy even photographed Rops in his RCNSM uniform.
1866 * - 1898 + Namur, Rue Mathieu, 6<67; 72-95> or 8<68-70; 96-98>
Successor: Dandoy Veuve Armand
Opening on 10.9.1866. Rue Mathieu = Rue de la Station. Views of Bruges around 1872. Under the auspices of the provincial government he published between 1869 and 1879 the series "La Province de Namur monumentale et pittoresque", an inventory comprising 110 albumen prints of monuments and sites around the province. He first exhibited the series in December 1873 at the "Cercle artistique et littéraire d'Anvers". Views of the caves at Han-sur-Lesse in artificial light, 1876 and for which he was granted an exclusive concession on 23.10.1876. He was one the first Belgian photographers to use the carbon process; he also exhibited photogravures and photolithographs, presumably in line rather than halftone, in 1878. Around 1895 he sold postcards with the credit: "Photographic and collotype establishment of Armand Dandoy". Founder member of the ABP.
Predecessor: Dandoy Frères
Armand Ernest Ghislain, ° 11.11.1834; + 14.7.1898. Painter and photographer. A landscapist, Dandoy presented his work at the Brussels Salon in 1863 and at the Antwerp Salon in 1864. A friend of Félicien Rops since their schooldays together, Dandoy repeatedly took his portrait. The two artists went rowing together and exchanged an extensive correspondence. Joint founders of the "Royal Club Nautique de Sambre et Meuse" (RCNSM) in 1862, Dandoy even photographed Rops in his RCNSM uniform.
1866 * - 1898 + Namur, Rue Mathieu, 6<67; 72-95> or 8<68-70; 96-98>
Successor: Dandoy Veuve Armand
Opening on 10.9.1866. Rue Mathieu = Rue de la Station. Views of Bruges around 1872. Under the auspices of the provincial government he published between 1869 and 1879 the series "La Province de Namur monumentale et pittoresque", an inventory comprising 110 albumen prints of monuments and sites around the province. He first exhibited the series in December 1873 at the "Cercle artistique et littéraire d'Anvers". Views of the caves at Han-sur-Lesse in artificial light, 1876 and for which he was granted an exclusive concession on 23.10.1876. He was one the first Belgian photographers to use the carbon process; he also exhibited photogravures and photolithographs, presumably in line rather than halftone, in 1878. Around 1895 he sold postcards with the credit: "Photographic and collotype establishment of Armand Dandoy". Founder member of the ABP.
Locations
1862 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue de Fer, 82 then 78<66>
1866 * - 1898 + Namur, Rue Mathieu, 6<67; 72-95> or 8<68-70; 96-98>
1866 * - 1898 + Namur, Rue Mathieu, 6<67; 72-95> or 8<68-70; 96-98>
Exhibitions
Paris, 1863 (no address); London, 1871; Brussels, 1872; Antwerp, "Cercle artistique et littéraire", 1873; Brussels, 1874; Ghent, 1874; Namur, 1874 (paintings); Louvain, 1874 (paintings); Brussels, 1875; Namur, "Exposition provinciale des produits des arts industriels", 1876; Amsterdam, 1877 (silver medal); Paris, 1878; Brussels, 1880; Amsterdam, 1883; Namur, 1886 (paintings); Brussels, 1891.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
HIERNAUX, Luc. "Les couleurs de l'ombre. Paysages et monuments de la Province de Namur dans l'oeuvre photographique d'Armand Dandoy (1834-1898)", De la Meuse à l'Ardenne, n° 23, 1996. 240 + 288 pp.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1882
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#918
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 19.8.2017 & 17.2.2019; SFJ revised 1.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 26.10.2022; SFJ revised 10.3.2024