Victor_Guidalevitch

Victor Guidalevitch

Victor Guidalevitch

Belgian photographer

Victor Issay Guidalevitch (Russian: 'Виктор Иссаы Гидалевич') (2 September 1892 – 19 January 1962), was a Belgian engineer of Russian origin who became an amateur photographer.

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Guidalevitch photographed his surroundings, street scenes, landscapes, works of art, circus acts and sportsmen. He used various processes such as bromoil and bromide and tended to favour small formats. The style of his photographs is marked by modernism and pictorialism. Some of his images have qualities usually attributed to Dutch still lives.

Early life

Victor Guidalevitch was born in Simferopol, Crimea, Russian Empire on 2 September 1892.[1]

Migration to Belgium

Guidalevitch emigrated to Belgium in 1911 and attended the Science department of the University of Liège. He graduated as an electrical engineer in 1920.[1]

In 1928 he obtained Belgian citizenship.[2]

World War 2

In 1940 Guidalevitch had to report himself in the registry of Jews in Antwerp and Wilrijk.[3]

Photography

In 1925 Guidalevitch joined the "Iris" photo club in Antwerp.[4]

From 1932 his works started appearing in exhibitions and publications.[5][6] However, it wasn't until 1950 that he was recognized as an important photographer.[7][8]

Victor Guidalevitch developed most of his photographs himself and had no commercial ambition, so there are very few prints available and they have become quite collectible.[8]

Exhibitions

  • 2009: First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography, Selections from the Collection of Allan Chasanoff, Yale University Art Gallery (USA). Artwork exhibited: Stagnation.[9][10]
  • 2015: The Road, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (USA). Artwork exhibited: Street Scene.[11]
  • 2017: Les mystères de la chambre noire: Photographic Surrealism, 1920–1950, UBU Gallery, New York (USA). Artwork exhibited: Roi soldat.[12]
  • 2019: Street Life, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (USA). Artwork exhibited: Street Scene.[13]

Collections

Victor Guidalevitch's work is held in the following public collections:

References

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    "Picture of his request for Belgian citizenship". Guidalevitch.art.
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    "Pictures of his entry in the Jewish registry of Antwerp". Guidalevitch.art.
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    "Fotografische Kring "Iris" - FOMU". fomu.atomis.be.
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    "Exhibitions & Art Shows | Victor Guidalevitch". Guidalevitch.art.
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    "Publishing | Victor Guidalevitch". Guidalevitch.art.
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    "Victor Guidalevitch, Belgian Modernist". Anamorfose.
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    "Guidalevitch, Victor". www.lisicontemporaryart.com.
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    Hansen, Elizabeth. "The Optical Problem In Photography: The Allan Chasanoff Collection" (PDF). Allan Chasanoff Photography. pp. 14–15. When I first looked at Victor Guidalevitch's photograph Stagnation (Boats docked in harbor), I dismissed it as not very Optical until I read the comments in AC's collection database: 'water line of left ship is in fact higher then viewer first realizes. Reflection.' [...] I was suddenly transfixed. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help)
  10. [10]
    "First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography, Selections from the Collection of Allan Chasanoff". Yale University Art Gallery. Yale University.
  11. [11]
    "The Road". Robert Koch Gallery.
  12. [12]
    "Les mystères de la chambre noire: Photographic Surrealism, 1920–1950". UBU Gallery.
  13. [13]
    "Street Life". Robert Koch Gallery.
  14. [14]
    "Artwork by Victor Guidalevitch at the Art Institute of Chicago: 'Relief'". Art Institute of Chicago.
  15. [15]
    "Artwork by Victor Guidalevitch at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts: 'I Think, Therefore I am', 'Lighter' and 'Stagnation'". Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
  16. [16]
    "Artwork by Victor Guidalevitch at the Smithsonian American Art Museum: 'Unidentified Boxer' 1 and 2". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  17. [17]
    "Artwork by Victor Guidalevitch at the Worcester Art Museum: 'Man descending stairs'". Worcester Art Museum.
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