Printed: 2020-01-20
Avanzo, Denis (Dionisio)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Pieve Tesino [IT], 1852 - Brussels, 1936
Activity
1890 - 1894 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 37
° 15.8.1852. Domiciled in Brussels in 1890 and registered as a business clerk. Employee of G. Zazzarini & Co. Does not appear in the ABP membership lists between 1895 and 1897 when he left for Moscow to work as a print dealer with his brother Emiliano. A certain B. Avanzo operated a portrait studio in Moscow so it is possible they were working together at this time.
1898 - 1923 Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 86
Predecessor: Gecele Vve Sebastiano & Tessaro
Arrived in Brussels from Moscow on 7.1.1897. Representative of the Gecele studio, then successor to Veuve S. Gecele in 1909: in 1913, still described as the "former Gecele studio". Supplies for photographers and cameras; also dealer in photographs. Active member of the ABP Brussels section where he distributed samples for testing, for instance "Phébus" brand developer on 19.2.1900. There is a sample album of coloured carbon prints manufectured by Illingworth & Co. and sold by Avanzo in the holdings of "Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire" in Brussels.
Member of the "Club d’amateurs photographes de Belgique". Still trading at this address as "Avanzo Brothers, successor to Denis Avanzo" in 1933 and "Maison D. Avanzo" in 1939; the business was run by two nephews until the late 1950s.
° 15.8.1852. Domiciled in Brussels in 1890 and registered as a business clerk. Employee of G. Zazzarini & Co. Does not appear in the ABP membership lists between 1895 and 1897 when he left for Moscow to work as a print dealer with his brother Emiliano. A certain B. Avanzo operated a portrait studio in Moscow so it is possible they were working together at this time.
1898 - 1923 Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 86
Predecessor: Gecele Vve Sebastiano & Tessaro
Arrived in Brussels from Moscow on 7.1.1897. Representative of the Gecele studio, then successor to Veuve S. Gecele in 1909: in 1913, still described as the "former Gecele studio". Supplies for photographers and cameras; also dealer in photographs. Active member of the ABP Brussels section where he distributed samples for testing, for instance "Phébus" brand developer on 19.2.1900. There is a sample album of coloured carbon prints manufectured by Illingworth & Co. and sold by Avanzo in the holdings of "Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire" in Brussels.
Member of the "Club d’amateurs photographes de Belgique". Still trading at this address as "Avanzo Brothers, successor to Denis Avanzo" in 1933 and "Maison D. Avanzo" in 1939; the business was run by two nephews until the late 1950s.
Locations
1890 - 1894 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 37
1898 - 1923 Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 86
1898 - 1923 Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 86
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
CLAES, Marie-Christine. Répertoire des Tesini - Avanzo: http://balat.kikirpa.be/tesini/fam/avanzo.pdf
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1890 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#135
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 31.1.2017; MCC revised 20.5.2018, 25.1.2019 & 4.8.2019; SFJ revised 20.9.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 9.12.2019