Printed: 2024-04-25
Coupé, Jozef (Abbé)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1854 - Ghent, 1919
Activity
1883 - 1885 Termonde
Josephus Antonius, ° 7.10.1854; + 12.12.1919. Teacher at the "Collège de Termonde" Not a member of the ABP from 1886 to 1889.
1889 - 1902 Gand, Rue Courte des Violettes, 33
Author of "Méthode pratique pour l'obtention des diapositives au gélatino-chlorure d'argent pour projections et stéréoscopes", Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1892. Invented two hand cameras, the 'Excellentis' in 1893 and another with a lens that could be decentred, in 1897.
In 1892 he invented a cutting frame which enabled plates to be split in the dark with mathematical precision, as well as the rectograph, for printing positives on glass with the same sharpness as the originals. These appliances were marketed by the Royal Photographic Manufactory (Louis Van Neck).
Josephus Antonius, ° 7.10.1854; + 12.12.1919. Teacher at the "Collège de Termonde" Not a member of the ABP from 1886 to 1889.
1889 - 1902 Gand, Rue Courte des Violettes, 33
Author of "Méthode pratique pour l'obtention des diapositives au gélatino-chlorure d'argent pour projections et stéréoscopes", Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1892. Invented two hand cameras, the 'Excellentis' in 1893 and another with a lens that could be decentred, in 1897.
In 1892 he invented a cutting frame which enabled plates to be split in the dark with mathematical precision, as well as the rectograph, for printing positives on glass with the same sharpness as the originals. These appliances were marketed by the Royal Photographic Manufactory (Louis Van Neck).
Locations
1883 - 1885 Termonde
1889 - 1902 Gand, Rue Courte des Violettes, 33
1889 - 1902 Gand, Rue Courte des Violettes, 33
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1883; Antwerp, 1892 (printing frame and cutting frame); Ghent, 1892; Antwerp, 1894; Ghent, 1895; Brussels, 1898; Ghent, 1899.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1884 - 1902
Description of relationship
1902 is end-date in printed membership lists whereas manuscript card file states that Coupé resigned from the ABP in 1913.
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#851
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 21.7.2017; MD revised 7.5.2020; SFJ revised 1.6.2021 & 15.6.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght