Desclée, René

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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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.

Locations

1881 * - 1914 Tournai

Exhibitions

Tournai, 1897; Ghent, 1913.

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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

Context

Affiliations

Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1903 - 1914

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Management

Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#1403

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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.

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