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Keusters, Léon
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1858 - Antwerp, 1942
Activity
1887 - 1914 > Anvers
Léon Jacques Marie Corneille, ° 10.5.1858; + 14.1.1942. Banker and exchange broker. One of the first proponents of the artistic trend in Belgian photography which would lead to Pictorialism. Also see under his pseudonym Léon Noël [1]. Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring" in 1891. Remained active in the interwar years. Treasurer of the Antwerp section of the ABP in 1922. The municipal archives in Antwerp possess a set of 67 views of old alleys and closes in the historic city centre, dated from 1929 to 1939.
Léon Jacques Marie Corneille, ° 10.5.1858; + 14.1.1942. Banker and exchange broker. One of the first proponents of the artistic trend in Belgian photography which would lead to Pictorialism. Also see under his pseudonym Léon Noël [1]. Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring" in 1891. Remained active in the interwar years. Treasurer of the Antwerp section of the ABP in 1922. The municipal archives in Antwerp possess a set of 67 views of old alleys and closes in the historic city centre, dated from 1929 to 1939.
Locations
1887 - 1914 > Anvers
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1888; Antwerp, 1889; Antwerp, 1890; Bruges, 1890; Amsterdam, 1891 ("Keuters", bronze medal); Antwerp, 1891; Antwerp, 1891 KK; Brussels, 1891; Vienna, 1891; Antwerp, 1892 (snow studies); The Hague, 1892; Hamburg, 1898; Paris, 1901.
For Keusters' further exhibition record, see under his pseudonym Noël, Léon [1].
For Keusters' further exhibition record, see under his pseudonym Noël, Léon [1].
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1887 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2439
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 30.7.2017 & 13.2.2018, based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 27.2.2019, 16.4.2020 & 1.2.2021; SFJ revised 31.5.2021 & 6.3.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 9.5.2023; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght