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Pauli, Robert
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1857 - Merano [A], 1899
Activity
1877 - 1880 Gand
Robert Georges, ° 18.9.1857; + 12.2.1899. Engineer. One of the first Belgians to use gelatine-bromide dry plates, manufactured in England. Genre studies. He was the secretary of the Ghent section of the ABP and in that capacity he organised the international exhibition of photography in Ghent in 1880. He left for Hanover [D] at the end of 1880, where he was the manager of a gasworks. He translated texts from German photographic periodicals which were published in the "Bulletin de l'ABP". Not an ABP member, 1883-1890. He became a member of the Ghent section again from 1891 until his death. At that time he was a gas engineer in Lille [F] and secretary of the "Société photographique de Lille". According to his obituary in the "Bulletin de l'ABP", he exhibited in Berlin, Ghent, Lille, and Vienna (dates unspecified).
Robert Georges, ° 18.9.1857; + 12.2.1899. Engineer. One of the first Belgians to use gelatine-bromide dry plates, manufactured in England. Genre studies. He was the secretary of the Ghent section of the ABP and in that capacity he organised the international exhibition of photography in Ghent in 1880. He left for Hanover [D] at the end of 1880, where he was the manager of a gasworks. He translated texts from German photographic periodicals which were published in the "Bulletin de l'ABP". Not an ABP member, 1883-1890. He became a member of the Ghent section again from 1891 until his death. At that time he was a gas engineer in Lille [F] and secretary of the "Société photographique de Lille". According to his obituary in the "Bulletin de l'ABP", he exhibited in Berlin, Ghent, Lille, and Vienna (dates unspecified).
Locations
1877 - 1880 Gand
Exhibitions
Ghent, 1892; Brussels, 1895; Ghent, 1895; Paris, 1895; Berlin, 1896 (four head studies); Brussels, 1896; Hamburg, 1896; Paris, 1896; London, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Paris, 1897; Hamburg, 1898.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1880 - 1899
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3283
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 9.4.2018 & 1.2.2021; SFJ revised 23.2.2019, 27.4.2020, 1.6.2021 & 15.6.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght