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Desclée, René
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Tournai, 1868 - Tournai, 1953
Activity
1881 * - 1914 Tournai
° 13.8.1868; + 5.12.1953. Lawyer. Purchased his first camera in 1881. Photographed in Louvain where he was a law student between 1884 and 1891. First stereo views in 1886. X-rays in 1896, exhibited in Tournai amongst a display of 58 of his prints in August 1896. First trichromatic photographs in 1898. Photographs of trains between 1885 and 1933. Photographs taken by kite from 1910. Urban views (trips around Europe), boats, portraits, crafts. Member of the Ghent section of the ABP. Desclée's lifetime production has been estimated at 7 275 negatives. A collection of 4258 negatives is held by the "Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine" in Charenton-le-Pont [F]. A further 517 negatives of works of art are held at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels.
° 13.8.1868; + 5.12.1953. Lawyer. Purchased his first camera in 1881. Photographed in Louvain where he was a law student between 1884 and 1891. First stereo views in 1886. X-rays in 1896, exhibited in Tournai amongst a display of 58 of his prints in August 1896. First trichromatic photographs in 1898. Photographs of trains between 1885 and 1933. Photographs taken by kite from 1910. Urban views (trips around Europe), boats, portraits, crafts. Member of the Ghent section of the ABP. Desclée's lifetime production has been estimated at 7 275 negatives. A collection of 4258 negatives is held by the "Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine" in Charenton-le-Pont [F]. A further 517 negatives of works of art are held at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels.
Locations
1881 * - 1914 Tournai
Exhibitions
Tournai, 1897; Ghent, 1913.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
DESCLEE, Bernard et alii. René Desclée. Photographe tournaisien 1868-1953. Tournai, 1988, 208 pp.
"René Desclée (1868-1953)", accessed on 26.8.2022 at:
https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/collection/objet/rene-desclee-1868-1953
Ministère de la Culture (France), accessed on 26.8.2022 at:
https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/list?mainSearch=Descl%C3%A9e%2C%20Ren%C3%A9
"René Desclée (1868-1953)", accessed on 26.8.2022 at:
https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/collection/objet/rene-desclee-1868-1953
Ministère de la Culture (France), accessed on 26.8.2022 at:
https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/list?mainSearch=Descl%C3%A9e%2C%20Ren%C3%A9
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1903 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1403
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 26.8.2017, 1.2.2018 & 17.4.2019; MCC revised 11.3.2020; SFJ revised 1.4.2020 & 19.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 26.8.2022 based on information supplied by Bernard Desclée.