Schaffers, Nestor

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Liège, 1826 - Ghent, 1896

Activity

1862 */ Gand, Rue Basse, 22
Predecessor: Renoz Edouard Successor: Renoz Veuve Edouard
Paul Joseph Nicolas Nestor, ° 13.3.1826; + 12.11.1896. Painter who had studied in Antwerp, Düsseldorf [D], Barbizon [F], and in Switzerland. Exhibited a landscape "Souvenir de l'Oberland Bernois, effet de brouillard" at the "Exposition générale des beaux-arts" in Brussels in 1851. According to advertisements, he acquired the photography studio at this address with the support of Renoz' widow, who continued the business after Schaffers moved to Rue du Pont Madou.
1862 * - 1874 Gand, Rue du Pont Madou, 15 [Walpoortbrugstraat]
Recorded as a lithographer aged 40 resident in Ghent, Walpoortbrugstraat in June 1866. A friend of Désiré Van Monckhoven, he was one of the first to use carbon paper commercialised by Van Monckhoven. Founder member of the ABP.
1875 - 1896 + Gand, Rue Guinard, 9
Successor: Aelterman Dominique
Submitted a building permit for this address in 1873 so may well have moved here in 1874. He remained at this address until his death.

Locations

1862 */ Gand, Rue Basse, 22
1862 * - 1874 Gand, Rue du Pont Madou, 15 [Walpoortbrugstraat]
1875 - 1896 + Gand, Rue Guinard, 9

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1880; Ghent, 1889; Ghent, 1895.

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1896

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Management

Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#3770

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 26.5.2018 & 12.6.2019 based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman; SFJ revised 3.12.2019 & 1.6.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 27.7.2021; SFJ revised 20.8.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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