Entreé du Bois | Entrance to the Woods

Entreé du Bois | Entrance to the Woods

Snow falls in this idyllic winter scene showing a dirt roadway leading into a forest.

Jean Servais: 1862-1917

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

Life dates

Verviers, 1862 – Liège, 1917

Activity

1900 – 1917 + Liège

Jean Philippe Mathieu Guillaume, ° 25.8.1862; + 13.2.1917. Teacher at the “Collège Saint-Servais” in Liège. Landscapes. Disciple of (Gustave) Marissiaux. Secretary of the Liège section of the ABP from 1904 until 1908, then president of this section from 1908 until 1911.

Locations

1900 – 1917 + Liège

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1902; Liège, 1902; Ghent ABP, 1903; Liège, 1905; Milan, 1906 (initial “A.”); Paris, 1906.

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Entreé du Bois | Entrance to the Woods
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Dimensions

Image Dimensions23.6 x 13.1 cm corner-glued Lieferung 2 | Second Issue

Support Dimensions34.6 x 26.6 cm green colored paper

Print Notes

Recto: Engraved: l.l.: J. SERVAIS, GAND. ENTRÉE DU BOIS.; within plate at l.l.: MR&C (atelier); signed by artist in plate at l.r.: J SERVAIS 1901.; discoloration to lower part of right support margin; on mount at l.r.: monogram KP, for abbreviated name of journal. (1903 was the first year Die Kunst in der Photographie added this monogram to autotype plate mounts.