Photographer, portrait painter, art collector, son of Peter Van Loo & Eulalie --?--. After the Civil War, with the backing of Belgian connections, he amassed a modest fortune trading in Southern cotton. In the 1870s he traveled annually to Europe, where he collected Flemish, Dutch, and German paintings, antiques, and furniture.
In 1875 he introduced a new kind of photography he called "ideal," images printed on zinc oxide applied to blackened sheet-iron, which presented a pearly, transparent surface.
He was a founding member of the Cincinnati Art Club; president 1894-96. In the early 1900s he served on the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
He died at 945 Court St. of Bright's disease. His will stated:
"To the Cincinnati Art Club the sum of $250 to pay for a dinner to be given in the club-room, as soon as practicable after my death, to the members of the Club. If there is such a thing as the spirit of the dead returning to earth (which I do not believe), I shall be with the boys on that festive occasion." On 26 October 1907, a sumptuous dinner was served to 150 invited guests.
In 1875 he introduced a new kind of photography he called "ideal," images printed on zinc oxide applied to blackened sheet-iron, which presented a pearly, transparent surface.
He was a founding member of the Cincinnati Art Club; president 1894-96. In the early 1900s he served on the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
He died at 945 Court St. of Bright's disease. His will stated:
"To the Cincinnati Art Club the sum of $250 to pay for a dinner to be given in the club-room, as soon as practicable after my death, to the members of the Club. If there is such a thing as the spirit of the dead returning to earth (which I do not believe), I shall be with the boys on that festive occasion." On 26 October 1907, a sumptuous dinner was served to 150 invited guests.
Photographer, portrait painter, art collector, son of Peter Van Loo & Eulalie --?--. After the Civil War, with the backing of Belgian connections, he amassed a modest fortune trading in Southern cotton. In the 1870s he traveled annually to Europe, where he collected Flemish, Dutch, and German paintings, antiques, and furniture.
In 1875 he introduced a new kind of photography he called "ideal," images printed on zinc oxide applied to blackened sheet-iron, which presented a pearly, transparent surface.
He was a founding member of the Cincinnati Art Club; president 1894-96. In the early 1900s he served on the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
He died at 945 Court St. of Bright's disease. His will stated:
"To the Cincinnati Art Club the sum of $250 to pay for a dinner to be given in the club-room, as soon as practicable after my death, to the members of the Club. If there is such a thing as the spirit of the dead returning to earth (which I do not believe), I shall be with the boys on that festive occasion." On 26 October 1907, a sumptuous dinner was served to 150 invited guests.
In 1875 he introduced a new kind of photography he called "ideal," images printed on zinc oxide applied to blackened sheet-iron, which presented a pearly, transparent surface.
He was a founding member of the Cincinnati Art Club; president 1894-96. In the early 1900s he served on the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
He died at 945 Court St. of Bright's disease. His will stated:
"To the Cincinnati Art Club the sum of $250 to pay for a dinner to be given in the club-room, as soon as practicable after my death, to the members of the Club. If there is such a thing as the spirit of the dead returning to earth (which I do not believe), I shall be with the boys on that festive occasion." On 26 October 1907, a sumptuous dinner was served to 150 invited guests.
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