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Van Loo - Smet, Charles
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1846 - Ghent, 1904
Activity
1877 - 1888 / Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 76
Charles Joseph, ° 20.3.1846; + 26.2.1904. Husband of Mathilde Smet (° Melle, 5.5.1844; + Ghent, 27.3.1928). Painter, graphic artist and dealer in paintings as well as photographer. Previously an apprentice lithographer at this address before adding photography to his activities. "Van Loo, F." in the Ghent directory, 1878-1879.
1888 * - 1904 + Gand, Rue de Flandre, 56<88-90> renumbered 74<91-03> or 76
Successor: Van Loo Michel (or Van Loo Veuve Charles)
Moved to this address on 16.8.1888. In advertisement, "Art photography, painter, draughtsman". Pictorialist; nude studies. "One of the rare professionals who has received an artistic education and whose training is indisputably reflected in his work. The figures are true academic studies..." (Bulletin de l'ABP, 1896, p. 570).
Charles Joseph, ° 20.3.1846; + 26.2.1904. Husband of Mathilde Smet (° Melle, 5.5.1844; + Ghent, 27.3.1928). Painter, graphic artist and dealer in paintings as well as photographer. Previously an apprentice lithographer at this address before adding photography to his activities. "Van Loo, F." in the Ghent directory, 1878-1879.
1888 * - 1904 + Gand, Rue de Flandre, 56<88-90> renumbered 74<91-03> or 76
Successor: Van Loo Michel (or Van Loo Veuve Charles)
Moved to this address on 16.8.1888. In advertisement, "Art photography, painter, draughtsman". Pictorialist; nude studies. "One of the rare professionals who has received an artistic education and whose training is indisputably reflected in his work. The figures are true academic studies..." (Bulletin de l'ABP, 1896, p. 570).
Locations
1877 - 1888 / Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 76
1888 * - 1904 + Gand, Rue de Flandre, 56<88-90> renumbered 74<91-03> or 76
1888 * - 1904 + Gand, Rue de Flandre, 56<88-90> renumbered 74<91-03> or 76
Exhibitions
Ostend, 1888; Ghent, 1889 Spiegel ("Van Loo", no forename); Antwerp, 1893 ABP; Ghent, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Paris, 1896; Paris, 1897; Brussels, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Caen, 1901; Courtrai, 1901 ("Van Loo", no forename); Effort, 1901; Effort, 1902; Brussels, 1902; Ghent, 1903.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1892 - 1904
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4487
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 11.7.2018 & 6.4.2019; SFJ revised 13.9.2019, 7.5.2020, 11.9.2020 & 2.6.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 23.1.2024, 21.7.2024 & 23.6.2025 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 10.11.2023, 1.8.2025 & 12.8.2025