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Couprie, Benjamin
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Bordeaux [Gironde, F], 1875 - ?, ?
Activity
1906 Bruxelles, Rue Van Campenhout, 17
Antoine Joseph Jérôme Benjamin, ° 30.9.1875. Operator at Ohlenmacher’s studio. On the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 18.7.1903, he was already recorded as a photographer resident at Rue Antoine Dansaert, 63.
1907 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Jean Stas, 4, 14<10> or 16<11-14>
Photographer and photoengraver. Photographs of Seneffe castle, c. 1911. Vice-president of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Belgique", 1913. In June 1919, Couprie advertised that he had returned from the army and had reopened his studio at Rue Jean Stas, 16 (Le Soir, 20.6.1919). In March 1920, he announced that he had moved his studio to Avenue Louise, 32 (Le Soir, 6.3.1920) where he was listed until 1924. Couprie then moved to Avenue Louise, 28 where he operated for the rest of the interwar era.
Antoine Joseph Jérôme Benjamin, ° 30.9.1875. Operator at Ohlenmacher’s studio. On the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 18.7.1903, he was already recorded as a photographer resident at Rue Antoine Dansaert, 63.
1907 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Jean Stas, 4, 14<10> or 16<11-14>
Photographer and photoengraver. Photographs of Seneffe castle, c. 1911. Vice-president of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Belgique", 1913. In June 1919, Couprie advertised that he had returned from the army and had reopened his studio at Rue Jean Stas, 16 (Le Soir, 20.6.1919). In March 1920, he announced that he had moved his studio to Avenue Louise, 32 (Le Soir, 6.3.1920) where he was listed until 1924. Couprie then moved to Avenue Louise, 28 where he operated for the rest of the interwar era.
Locations
1906 Bruxelles, Rue Van Campenhout, 17
1907 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Jean Stas, 4, 14<10> or 16<11-14>
1907 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Jean Stas, 4, 14<10> or 16<11-14>
Exhibitions
Ghent, 1913 (silver medal).
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#853
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 21.7.2017 & 10.5.2018; MCC revised 22.5.2018; SFJ revised 18.4.2019 & 18.10.2023; MD revised 28.4.2021; SFJ revised 11.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries