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t' Serstevens, Emile
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Brussels, 1868 - Brussels - Auderghem, 1933
Activity
1895 - 1905 Bruxelles - Uccle<95> then Auderghem<05>
Emile Henri, ° 8.1.1868. Notary in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1901-1929. The Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels owns 200 boxes of his glass negatives. The extensive collection of photographs taken by t’Serstevens "provides an inadvertent glimpse of everyday life at the turn of the century for the most fortunate members of Belgian society. He shows luxurious interiors, champagne tastings, fashion, excursions to the coast and travels abroad". A favourite model of his was his wife Marie t'Serstevens - Dastot (° Brussels - Saint-Josse, 1870; + Brussels - Watermael-Boitsfort, 1943), also an amateur photographer: the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) possesses 53 negatives attributed to her.
1910 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
Not a member of the ABP, 1897-1909. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
Emile Henri, ° 8.1.1868. Notary in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1901-1929. The Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels owns 200 boxes of his glass negatives. The extensive collection of photographs taken by t’Serstevens "provides an inadvertent glimpse of everyday life at the turn of the century for the most fortunate members of Belgian society. He shows luxurious interiors, champagne tastings, fashion, excursions to the coast and travels abroad". A favourite model of his was his wife Marie t'Serstevens - Dastot (° Brussels - Saint-Josse, 1870; + Brussels - Watermael-Boitsfort, 1943), also an amateur photographer: the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) possesses 53 negatives attributed to her.
1910 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
Not a member of the ABP, 1897-1909. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
Locations
1895 - 1905 Bruxelles - Uccle<95> then Auderghem<05>
1910 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
1910 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1896; Paris, 1896 (no forename); Brussels, 1904; Brussels, 1905.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Hilke Arijs, Elodie De Zutter & Jeroen Reyniers. "Here Comes the Sun. Digital Springtime for a Collection in Hibernation", Depth of Field, vol. 6, no. 1 (July 2015), accessible at: http://journal.depthoffield.eu/vol06/nr01/a01/en
Hilke Arijs, Elodie De Zutter & Jeroen Reyniers. The t'Serstevens Collection. At Second Sight: the Photographer's Oeuvre. Brussels, Husson éditeur, 2017.
Hilke Arijs, Elodie De Zutter & Jeroen Reyniers. The t'Serstevens Collection. At Second Sight: the Photographer's Oeuvre. Brussels, Husson éditeur, 2017.
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#4176
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MCC revised 11.7.2018 & 24.12.2018; SFJ revised 16.9.2019 & 24.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 12.3.2020 & 23.6.2020; MD revised 5.5.2023