Van Antro, Alexandre

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Person (Male)

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  • Photographie Artistique

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Antwerp, 1841 - Antwerp - Borgerhout, 1902

Activity

1893 - 1898 Anvers, Avenue De Keyser, 16 or 38
Jacobus Bernardus Alexander, ° 19.4.1841; + 16.12.1902. Portrait painter and photographer. "Mr Alexandre Van Antro is not in the slightest one of those vulgar tinkerers with pictures, but rather an artist in the true sense of the word. Mr Van Antro is not only a photographer, but also a highly esteemed portrait painter": introduction to "L'Oeuvre de Willem Linnig Junior", by Gustave De Graef, [collection A. Passenbronder], Antwerp, 1896, illustrated with 18 prints on baryta paper by Van Antro.

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1893 - 1898 Anvers, Avenue De Keyser, 16 or 38

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DIRECTORY_1997#4209

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 9.1.2018; revised 12.9.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 15.1.2021

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