Evenepoel, Henri

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Person (Male)

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  • Amateur

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Life dates

Nice [F], 1872 - Paris [F], 1899

Activity

1896 * - 1899 + Algeria, Tunisia and Paris
° 3.10.1872; + 27.12.1899. Painter, born in France of Belgian parents. Attended the Academy of Saint-Josse, then the Brussels Academy. In 1893 he entered the studio of Gustave Moreau in Paris. Journey to Algeria (Algiers, Blida and Tipaza) and Tunisia, arriving in Algeria on 4.11.1897 and leaving Tunisia for Paris in April 1898, extensively documented by the young artist in photography. Evenepoel took over 400 photographs during his North African trip: "Use of the Pocket Kodak, which often replaced the quick sketch, helped him to master light for creating pared-down space and chromatic harmony" (MATTARD, Astrid. "Evenepoel Henri", in "Le Dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours", La Renaissance du Livre, t. 1, 1994, pp. 423-424). He also made portraits and took snapshots in the streets of Paris. Evenepoel is known to have taken a total of 875 photographs in the two and a half years before his untimely death from typhoid.

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1896 * - 1899 + Algeria, Tunisia and Paris

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Bibliography/Webography

OLLINGER-ZINQUE, Gisèle. "Fixer le souvenir. L'artiste et son 'Pocket-Kodak'", in Henri Evenepoel, 1872-1899. Brussels, Crédit Communal, 1994, pp. 181-205.
RATHBONE, Eliza. "Henri Evenepoel: An Abundance of Gifts”, in Snapshot. Painters and Photography 1888-1915, edited by Elizabeth W. Easton. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2011, pp. 127-151.
DAVID, Michel F., DELREZ, Anne & ROSSION, Adeline. En dilettante. Histoire et petites histoires de la photographie amateur. Charleroi & Tavier, 2022, 426 + (i) pp: "Portrait de l’artiste en photographe amateur. L’exemple d’Émile Fabry, d’Henri Evenepoel et de Jacques de Lalaing", pp. 203-245.

BALaT - Evenepoel, Henri: http://balat.kikirpa.be/people.php?priref=24392
Wikipédia - Henri Evenepoel: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Evenepoel

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DIRECTORY_1997#1604

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SFJ revised 20.1.2018 & 2.1.2019; MCC revised 25.1.2019; SFJ revised 14.6.2022 & 22.12.2023

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