Demans, Alphonse

Identity

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Person (Male)

Alternative name or descriptor

  • Photographie Artistique

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Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Liège, 1861 - ?, ?

Activity

1887 * - 1889 / Verviers, Rue de Dison, 32
° 8.7.1861. Manager of Auguste Heleven’s studio (see that name). Opened in December 1887.
1889 * - 1891 / Verviers, Rue David, 56
Predecessor: Berger Jean
Left for Liège in June 1891.
1894 * - 1896 Verviers, Rue des Raines, 8
Arrived at this address from Brussels - Molenbeek in June 1894. In 1896, he was registered in Rue Tranchée, 3, which may have been his private address. In 1897, he left for Brussels - Ixelles. He returned in 1903, but stayed for one month only, and then left for Paris.
1899 - 1900 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6
Predecessor: Martens A. #  Successor: Atelier Rubens
"Demans, A."  in the directories. Reported as a photographer living in Brussels when standing trial for his alleged part in a notorious heist at the "Hôtel Terminus" in Antwerp in May 1907 that netted 100 000 francs (Journal de Charleroi, 4.6.1908).

Locations

1887 * - 1889 / Verviers, Rue de Dison, 32
1889 * - 1891 / Verviers, Rue David, 56
1894 * - 1896 Verviers, Rue des Raines, 8
1899 - 1900 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6

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DIRECTORY_1997#1257

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 15.10.2017 & 15.11.2017; SFJ revised 6.10.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 4.8.2023

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