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Algrain, Alfred
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Ath, 1850 - Brussels, 1917
Activity
1880 - 1893 Bruxelles - Ixelles
Alfred Ernest Victor, ° 10.3.1850. Captain in the Engineering Corps; commander in 1890. Patent of 30.6.1877 for "a photo-telegraphic camera" (optical apparatus not using photography). First president of the "Cercle photographique de Bruges" from its foundation in February 1892 until July 1897. Algrain gave a talk on photography to the "Excelsior" literary circle in Bruges in December 1890 and displayed his photography at the same club in February 1892.
Alfred Ernest Victor, ° 10.3.1850. Captain in the Engineering Corps; commander in 1890. Patent of 30.6.1877 for "a photo-telegraphic camera" (optical apparatus not using photography). First president of the "Cercle photographique de Bruges" from its foundation in February 1892 until July 1897. Algrain gave a talk on photography to the "Excelsior" literary circle in Bruges in December 1890 and displayed his photography at the same club in February 1892.
Locations
1880 - 1893 Bruxelles - Ixelles
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1880; Bruges, 1890; Bruges, 1893; Bruges, 1894 (platinum prints); Courtrai, 1894.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#58
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 31.1.2017; SFJ revised 22.9.2019 & 19.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght