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      <existDates><date>Arlon, 1871 - Arlon, 1950</date></existDates>

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        <placeEntry>1891 - 1914 &gt; Arlon</placeEntry>

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        <term>Amsterdam, 1895; Hamburg, 1895; Paris, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Hamburg, 1896; Lille, 1896; Louvain, 1896; Paris, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Hamburg, 1897; Paris, 1897; Brussels, 1898; Nancy, 1898; Nice, 1898; Paris, 1898; Florence, 1899; Ghent, 1899; Nice, 1899; Armentières, 1900 (silver medal); Louvain, 1900 (first prize); Caen, 1901; Effort, 1901 (no address); Mons, 1901 (no address); Namur, 1901; Paris, 1901; Brussels, 1902; Effort, 1902 (no address); Paris, 1902; Turin, 1902 (silver medal); Budapest, 1903; Caen, 1903; Effort, 1903; Hamburg, 1903; Marseille, 1903; Nice, 1903 (no forename); Paris, 1903; Saint Petersburg, 1903; Effort, 1904; London, 1904 RPS; Louvain, 1904; Paris, 1904; The Hague, 1904; Berlin, 1905; Effort, 1905; Genoa, 1905 (bronze medal); Liège, 1905; Marseille, 1905; Vienna, 1905; Vienna, 1905 CAM; Marseille, 1906; Paris, 1906; Spa, 1907; Brussels, 1908 ABP; Dresden, 1909; Nice, 1910 (plaquette d'argent de la Ville de Nice); Hamburg, 1911; Ghent, 1913; Liège, 1914.</term>

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      <structureOrGenealogy><p>SPRINGAEL, Maïté. Charles Gaspar (1871-1950). Première approche de l'oeuvre du photographe pictorialiste belge. Bruxelles, 2006-2007 (2 vols), vol. 1 text, (iii) + 75 + xx pp.; vol. 2 annexes, lxxiv + (55) pp. Unpublished dissertation presented at the "Université libre de Bruxelles".
SPRINGAEL, Maïté. "Charles Gaspar à l'aune du Pictorialisme", Bulletin trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg – Arlon, 85e année, 2009, pp. 129-178. Study accompanying the exhibition "Le Musée Gaspar a 5 ans. Charles Gaspar (1871-1950) Photographe et Mécène : un héritage pour Arlon".
PEUCKERT, Valérie. "Charles Gaspar (1871-1950), un portrait pictorialiste", Bulletin trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg – Arlon, 99e année, no. 3/4, 2023, pp. 19-88. Study accompanying an exhibition of the same name held at the "Musée Gaspar" in Arlon.</p></structureOrGenealogy>

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      <biogHist><p>&lt;b&gt;1891 - 1914 &gt; Arlon&lt;/b&gt;
° 31.1.1871; + 30.4.1950. Sometimes wrongly transcribed "Gaspard". Pioneering pictorialist and prolific exhibitor. Still lifes, portraits, and genre studies. Autochromes and platinum printing or pseudo-platinum, i.e. matte silver-chloride paper with platinum toning. Affiliated to the Brussels section of the ABP. Member of the "Cercle d'art photographique l'Effort", as mentioned in the exhibition catalogue for the "Photo-Club de Paris" salon of 1906. Numerous images published in photography magazines in Belgium and abroad. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. Member of the "Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg" in 1925. Active in local charitable initiatives.
Gaspar left his town mansion and contents to the town of Arlon, where the "Musée Gaspar" houses his photographic collection, including 360 vintage prints and notebooks. There are also substantial holdings of original prints in the "Musée de la Photographie" in Charleroi and the Photography Museum in Antwerp. The "Musée Gaspar" also possesses an ensemble of 42 exhibition medals and plaques awarded to the photographer, the largest extant collection in Belgium.</p></biogHist>

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