Bellemans, Louis

Identity

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Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

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Life dates

Antwerp, 1860 - Antwerp, 1934

Activity

1889 - 1914 > Anvers
Ludovicus Franciscus Maria Josephus, ° 21.5.1860; + 27.2.1934. Started a printing firm "Gebroeders Bellemans" with his brother Léon in 1882. Images of the 1889 disaster in Antwerp (explosion of an ammunition factory). President of the photography section of the "Cercle Conservateur d’Anvers" in 1896. Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring" in 1896-1900. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.

Locations

1889 - 1914 > Anvers

Exhibitions

Antwerp, 1890; Antwerp, 1891; Antwerp, 1892; Antwerp, 1893 ABP; Geneva, 1893 (diploma); Antwerp, 1894; Antwerp, 1896 (reproductions of paintings by Piet Van Engelen); Antwerp, 1896 CC; Courtrai, 1897; Antwerp, 1899; Antwerp, 1900; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Louvain, 1900 (first prize).

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Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1890 - 1914

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#184

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 25.7.2017; SFJ revised 20.9.2020, 4.11.2020 & 6.3.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 31.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 4.5.2020, 6.7.2020, 3.11.2020, 1.3.2023, 24.4.2023, 9.5.2023 & 15.3.2024

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