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Gaspar, Charles
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Arlon, 1871 - Arlon, 1950
Activity
1895 - 1914 > Arlon
° 31.1.1871; + 30.4.1950. Sometimes written 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. Also member of the "Cercle d'art photographique l'Effort", according to the exhibition catalogue for the "Photo-Club de Paris" salon of 1906. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
° 31.1.1871; + 30.4.1950. Sometimes written 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. Also member of the "Cercle d'art photographique l'Effort", according to the exhibition catalogue for the "Photo-Club de Paris" salon of 1906. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
Locations
1895 - 1914 > Arlon
Exhibitions
Amsterdam, 1895; Hamburg, 1895; Paris, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Lille, 1896; Louvain, 1896; Paris, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Paris, 1897; Brussels, 1898; Paris, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Louvain, 1900 (first prize); Armentières, 1901; Effort, 1901 (no address); Mons, 1901 (no address); Paris, 1901; Brussels, 1902; Effort, 1902 (no address); Paris, 1902; Turin, 1902 (silver medal); Budapest, 1903; Effort, 1903; Hamburg, 1903; Marseille, 1903; Paris, 1903; Saint-Petersburg, 1903; Effort, 1904; 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; Dresden, 1909; Ghent, 1913; Liège, 1914.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
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 Unpublished dissertation presented at the "Université libre de Bruxelles".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".
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".
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1895 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1791
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 20.4.2017, 28.1.2018 & 1.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; revised 4.5.2018; SFJ revised 27.2.2019, 5.3.2019 & 17.4.2019; SFJ revised 8.4.2020, 18.9.2020, 6.3.2021 & 25.11.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 22.10.2020, 1.2.2021 & 7.10.2022; SFJ revised 1.3.2023 & 6.3.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 9.3.2023, 5.5.2023 & 19.10.2023