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Brusselle, Arthur
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Bruges, 1879 - Bruges, 1977
Activity
1896 * Bruges, Schaarstraat
Arthur François Joseph, ° 26.11.1879; + 21.4.1977. Tailor and grocer. Bought a camera in 1896. Started to photograph his customers in 1902. According to Guillaume Michiels, he opened a studio in De Haan / Le Coq-sur-Mer in 1909.
1914 > Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 39
Took a series "Les ruines de Flandre". In 1926, Arthur Brusselle started a partnership with his son "Arthur" Auguste Marcel Brusselle (° Bruges, 26.5.1901; + Brussels, 19.10.1935). Brusselle et Fils [Brusselle en Zoon] was dissolved on 11.4.1930 and Arthur senior continued the business by himself. Operating at Steenstraat, 41 from 1929 onwards, where "Photo Brusselle" was still advertising in 1990. Later studio material mentions: "founded in 1909". In 1941, Brusselle refused to sell his collection of some 400 to 500 images of buildings in Bruges to the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels. His archives are now held in the Bruges municipal archives.
Arthur François Joseph, ° 26.11.1879; + 21.4.1977. Tailor and grocer. Bought a camera in 1896. Started to photograph his customers in 1902. According to Guillaume Michiels, he opened a studio in De Haan / Le Coq-sur-Mer in 1909.
1914 > Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 39
Took a series "Les ruines de Flandre". In 1926, Arthur Brusselle started a partnership with his son "Arthur" Auguste Marcel Brusselle (° Bruges, 26.5.1901; + Brussels, 19.10.1935). Brusselle et Fils [Brusselle en Zoon] was dissolved on 11.4.1930 and Arthur senior continued the business by himself. Operating at Steenstraat, 41 from 1929 onwards, where "Photo Brusselle" was still advertising in 1990. Later studio material mentions: "founded in 1909". In 1941, Brusselle refused to sell his collection of some 400 to 500 images of buildings in Bruges to the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels. His archives are now held in the Bruges municipal archives.
Locations
1896 * Bruges, Schaarstraat
1914 > Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 39
1914 > Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 39
Exhibitions
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Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
ANQUINET, Emma, "Un autre objectif : les photographies belges des contrées détruites" in KOTT, Christina & CLAES, Marie-Christine (éd.), Le patrimoine de la Belgique vu par l’Occupant : un héritage photographique de la Grande Guerre. Bruxelles, 2018, pp. 98-111.
BALaT - Brusselle, Arthur: http://balat.kikirpa.be/people.php?priref=216166
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#501
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 28.6.2017 & 14.12.2018; MCC revised 25.1.2019 & 11.3.2020; MD revised 22.4.2022