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van Raalte Club.

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Name

van Raalte Club.

Other names

DILETTANTI CLUB

Culture

Australian

Gender

Birth date

1926

Birth place

Perth, Western Australia, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Art organisation

Summary

Located: Australia (WA). Photography

Context

Australia

Biography

The van Raalte Club, a photographic organization, was established in Perth in 1926 as the Dilettanti Club by August Knapp. Knapp believed that the Western Australian Camera Club, of which he was a member, did not concentrate on the art of photography. The Dilettanti Club with a membership limited to 12 was involved with pictorial photography. The name was changed to The van Raalte Club in 1929 after the death of Henri van Raalte a pioneer etcher and photographer in Perth.