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De Man, René
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1848 - Brussels, 1911
Activity
1879 * - 1889 / Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 19
Predecessor: Crosset & De Man Successor: Varlet Lucien
René Victor, ° 16.5.1848; + 17.3.1911. Renier [sic] De Man was already recorded in Brussels as a photographer in February 1871. Arrived from Brussels - Ixelles, Rue Longue Vie, 15 in August 1875 and formed a partnership with Crosset at this address. He operated alone from March 1879 at the latest. Patent of 15.5.1883 for "a photographic camera" [spy camera for taking pictures of a person in a moderately lit room]. The camera was used by the Verviers police force during interrogations. "Once the photograph is taken and copied, it is a hundred times better than any police report in the world" (L'Etoile belge, 20.5.1883). Left for Brussels - Saint-Josse in July 1889.
1890 ca Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 40
1891 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 38 then 42<91-07>
Cameras and supplies.
1904 - 1910 ca Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 51
Already advertising at this address in May 1904 (Le Soir, 15.5.1904).
1907 * - 1911 + Bruxelles, Boulevard Charlemagne, 15
Arrived at this address on 8.10.1907, coming from Brussels - Etterbeek, Rue Gérard, 73.
Predecessor: Crosset & De Man Successor: Varlet Lucien
René Victor, ° 16.5.1848; + 17.3.1911. Renier [sic] De Man was already recorded in Brussels as a photographer in February 1871. Arrived from Brussels - Ixelles, Rue Longue Vie, 15 in August 1875 and formed a partnership with Crosset at this address. He operated alone from March 1879 at the latest. Patent of 15.5.1883 for "a photographic camera" [spy camera for taking pictures of a person in a moderately lit room]. The camera was used by the Verviers police force during interrogations. "Once the photograph is taken and copied, it is a hundred times better than any police report in the world" (L'Etoile belge, 20.5.1883). Left for Brussels - Saint-Josse in July 1889.
1890 ca Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 40
1891 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 38 then 42<91-07>
Cameras and supplies.
1904 - 1910 ca Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 51
Already advertising at this address in May 1904 (Le Soir, 15.5.1904).
1907 * - 1911 + Bruxelles, Boulevard Charlemagne, 15
Arrived at this address on 8.10.1907, coming from Brussels - Etterbeek, Rue Gérard, 73.
Locations
1879 * - 1889 / Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 19
1890 ca Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 40
1891 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 38 then 42<91-07>
1904 - 1910 ca Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 51
1907 * - 1911 + Bruxelles, Boulevard Charlemagne, 15
1890 ca Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 40
1891 - 1907 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 38 then 42<91-07>
1904 - 1910 ca Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 51
1907 * - 1911 + Bruxelles, Boulevard Charlemagne, 15
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1880; Brussels, 1891 ("J. De Man"); Brussels, 1895; Paris, 1896; Brussels, 1898; Brussels, 1904 (no forename).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1882 - 1905
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1253
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 17.1.2018 & 11.5.2018; SFJ revised 29.3.2020 & 18.11.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 28.4.2021; SFJ revised 8.10.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght