Femme aux Lis | Woman with Lilies

A woman in shadow is framed by lilies.

Charles Gaspar: Belgian, 1871-1950

The following historical chronology of the photographer appears courtesy of the Directory of Belgian Photographers hosted online by Fotomuseum Antwerp. (FOMU)

Life dates

Arlon, 1871 – Arlon, 1950

Activity

1891 – 1914 > Arlon °31.1.1871; + 30.4.1950.

Sometimes wrongly transcribed “Gaspard”. Pioneering pictorialist and prolific exhibitor. Still lifes, portraits, and genre studies. Autochromes and platinum printing or pseudo-platinum, i.e. matte silver-chloride paper with platinum toning. Affiliated to the Brussels section of the ABP. Member of the “Cercle d’art photographique l’Effort”, as mentioned in the exhibition catalogue for the “Photo-Club de Paris” salon of 1906. Numerous images published in photography magazines in Belgium and abroad. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. Member of the “Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg” in 1925. Active in local charitable initiatives.

Gaspar left his town mansion and contents to the town of Arlon, where the “Musée Gaspar” houses his photographic collection, including 360 vintage prints and notebooks. There are also substantial holdings of original prints in the “Musée de la Photographie” in Charleroi and the Photography Museum in Antwerp. The “Musée Gaspar” also possesses an ensemble of 42 exhibition medals and plaques awarded to the photographer, the largest extant collection in Belgium.

Tags

Title

Femme aux Lis | Woman with Lilies

Photographer

Charles Gaspar

Journal

Die Kunst in der Photographie 1902

Country

Belgium

Medium

Photogravure: Chine-collé

Atelier

Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co. (Berlin)

Year

1902

Dimensions

Image Dimensions12.3 x 17.2 cm Lieferung 4 | Fourth Issue

Support Dimensions26.3 x 35.1 cm

Print Notes

Recto: engraved: u.l.: Die Kunst in der Photographie 1902.; u.r.: Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp in Halle a/S.; l.l.: Charles Gaspar, Arlon.; title, centered, lower margin: FEMME AUX LIS.; l.r.: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., hel. u. impr.; non-printed loose tissue guard.

Exhibitions | Collections

Exhibitions: Amsterdam, 1895; Hamburg, 1895; Paris, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Lille, 1896; Louvain, 1896; Paris, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Paris, 1897; Brussels, 1898; Nancy, 1898; Paris, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Louvain, 1900 (first prize); Armentières, 1901; Caen, 1901; Effort, 1901 (no address); Mons, 1901 (no address); Paris, 1901; Brussels, 1902; Effort, 1902 (no address); Paris, 1902; Turin, 1902 (silver medal); Budapest, 1903; Caen, 1903; Effort, 1903; Hamburg, 1903; Marseille, 1903; Paris, 1903; Saint-Petersburg, 1903; Effort, 1904; Louvain, 1904; Paris, 1904; The Hague, 1904; Berlin, 1905; Effort, 1905; Genoa, 1905 (bronze medal); Liège, 1905; Marseille, 1905; Vienna, 1905; Vienna, 1905 CAM; Marseille, 1906; Paris, 1906; Dresden, 1909; Ghent, 1913; Liège, 1914.