Defrenne, Max

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  • Amateur

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Paris [F], 1852 - ?, ?

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1908 - 1914 Anvers
Louis Constant Maximilien, ° 22.7.1852. Became a naturalised Belgian citizen on 14.10.1899. Member of the “Cercle d’études photographiques et scientifiques d’Anvers”; committee member, 1909-1912. Delegate to the "Union nationale des Sociétés belges de photographie", 1909. Autochromist from at the latest November 1908, when he already owned a collection of more than 150 autochromes (Le Matin, 17.11.1908). Gave a talk on the autochrome process to the "Cercle royal artistique" on 24.2.1909, having previously given presentations to the "Université populaire" as well as his own “Cercle d’études photographiques".

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1908 - 1914 Anvers

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DIRECTORY_2017#1527

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MD / SFJ new 26.5.2020; SFJ revised 13.9.2020, 13.3.2022 & 17.10.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 26.5.2020, 26.8.2020, 6.3.2023 & 28.4.2023

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