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Romain Ickx: 1860-1953
The following historical chronology of the photographer appears courtesy of the Directory of Belgian Photographers hosted online by Fotomuseum Antwerp. (FOMU)
Life dates
Beauvechain, 1860 – Lubbeek, 1953
Activity
1886 – 1915 / Courtrai
° 21.10.1860; + 11.5.1953. At first clerk, later director in Courtrai of a bank belonging to the “Société Générale”. Pioneering pictorialist, specialist of foggy, marshy, and snow-covered landscapes; seascapes; views of Campine. Member of the “Société Photographique de Courtrai”. Secretary of the Courtrai section of the ABP in 1897; president 1913-1916. Gave a demonstration with autochromes to his fellow members of the ABP in April 1909. Moved to Brussels in 1915. Active to a lesser extent into the 1920s. Commissioner of the Brussels section of the ABP, 1922-1926. Ickx moved to Lubbeek in the Hageland (Brabant) in 1926 and abandoned photography.
° 21.10.1860; + 11.5.1953. At first clerk, later director in Courtrai of a bank belonging to the “Société Générale”. Pioneering pictorialist, specialist of foggy, marshy, and snow-covered landscapes; seascapes; views of Campine. Member of the “Société Photographique de Courtrai”. Secretary of the Courtrai section of the ABP in 1897; president 1913-1916. Gave a demonstration with autochromes to his fellow members of the ABP in April 1909. Moved to Brussels in 1915. Active to a lesser extent into the 1920s. Commissioner of the Brussels section of the ABP, 1922-1926. Ickx moved to Lubbeek in the Hageland (Brabant) in 1926 and abandoned photography.
Locations
1886 – 1915 / Courtrai
Exhibitions
Courtrai, 1893 (interiors); Bruges, 1894; Courtrai, 1894; Berlin, 1896 (bronze medal); Brussels, 1896; Lille, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Hamburg, 1897 (in ABP collective exhibit); Paris, 1897; Brussels, 1898; Hamburg, 1898; Paris, 1898; Vienna, 1898; Berlin, 1899; Ghent, 1899; Hamburg, 1899; Leipzig, 1899; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Courtrai, 1901; Effort, 1901; Mons, 1901; Paris, 1901; Brussels, 1902; Turin, 1902; Antwerp, 1903 ABP; Ghent, 1903; Ghent ABP, 1903; Louvain, 1904; Mons, 1904; Liège, 1905; Paris, 1905; Vienna, 1905; Saint-Quentin, 1907; Ghent, 1913.
Bibliography/Webography
DE KEYSER, Gilbert. “Romain Ickx: la passion du paysage”, Clichés, n° 3, 1984, pp. 40-49.
