L’Effort | The Effort

L’Effort | The Effort

In the course of work, a woman pulls an unknown object using a rope supported by her shoulder.

Edouard Adelot: 1871-1937

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

Life dates

Brussels – Ixelles, 1871 – Brussels – Saint-Josse, 1937

Activity

1894 – 1908 Bruxelles – Ixelles
° 16.11.1871; + 20.1.1937. Pictorialist. Member of the “Cercle Photographique d’Ixelles”. Member of the “Photoclub de Louvain” with an address in Louvain recorded in the membership list. Member of the “Cercle d’Art Photographique l’Effort”. Member of the “Club d’amateurs photographes de Belgique”. Extremely clubbable, he designed photographic menus for the “Cercle des X”, a private club, and photographed their numerous excursions in the 1890s. First prizewinner in two consecutive competitions for landscape photography organised by the “Touring Club de Belgique” in 1902 and 1903. Subsequently won second price in that competition in 1904.
1909 – 1914 > Bruxelles – Etterbeek
Won first prize in an internal autochrome competition organized by the Brussels section of the ABP near the end of 1911; his winning ensemble was inspired by Edmond Rostand’s poem “Les Nénuphars”. Supplied images published in the form of picture postcards by the “Ligue des Amis de la Forêt de Soignes” in 1912. Adelot remained active in the 1920s and early 1930s. Listed as a member of the “Cercle d’Art Photographique” in 1922.

Locations

1894 – 1908 Bruxelles – Ixelles
1909 – 1914 > Bruxelles – Etterbeek

Exhibitions

Ixelles, 1895; Ixelles, 1896; Ixelles, 1898; Ixelles, 1899 (views of Switzerland); Ixelles, 1900; Brussels, 1901; Effort, 1901; Brussels, 1902; Effort, 1902; Paris, 1902; Ixelles, 1902; Antwerp (CEPSA), 1903; Budapest, 1903; Effort, 1903; Hamburg, 1903; Ixelles, 1903; Malines, 1903; Marseille, 1903; Paris, 1903; Saint Petersburg, 1903; Brussels, 1904; Effort, 1904; Paris, 1904; The Hague, 1904; Berlin, 1905; Brussels, 1905; Effort, 1905; Genoa, 1905; Ixelles, 1905; Liège, 1905; Vienna, 1905; Ixelles, 1906; Marseille, 1906; Paris, 1906; Ixelles, 1907; Brussels, 1907; Brussels, 1908; Brussels, 1911; Ixelles, 1911; Ghent, 1913; Liège, 1914.

Affiliations

Association belge de Photographie

Dates of affiliation

1905 – 1914
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L’Effort | The Effort
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Dimensions

Image Dimensions12.8 x 18.2 cm tipped to mount | Lieferung 4 | Fourth Issue

Support Dimensions34.7 x 26.6 cm gray/blue colored paper

Print Notes

Recto: Stamped: l.l.: EDOUARD ADELOT, BRUSSEL L’EFFORT; within plate at l.r.: MR Co (atelier); on mount at l.r.: KP, for abbreviated name of journal; loose, non-printed tissue guard as issued.