HENRI BERSSENBRUGGE (1873-1959)

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HENRI BERSSENBRUGGE (1873-1959)

'Venetie'; 'Gondola' and 'Ponte Paglia', 1930s-40s

Three multiple gum prints, 15½ x 11½, or the reverse, one with trimmed edges, each inscribed in ink H. Berssenbrugge, Den Haag on image, ink titles and pencil annotations with exhibition labels Association Belge de Photographie Salon, 1935, 5th International Photographic Salon, Syracuse, N.Y., 1936, 12th International Photographic Salon, Los Angeles, 1937 and International Fotokunst-Salon, 1947 on verso. (3)

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Berssenbrugge belonged to the group of 'Pictorialists'and was much influenced by the Impressionists. From 1917 to 1942 he lived in the Hague, where he was famous for his portrait photography of actors, writers and politicians.

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