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Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Brussels, 1872 - ?, 1912
Activity
1898 - 1902 Vilvorde
Charles Jean Baptiste, ° 18.1.1872. Industrialist and Pictorialist. Manufacturer of accessories for rolling stock for trams and railways. He took over the family business from his father Jean Baptiste (see that name) in 1896 and expanded into automobile construction from 1906 until his death in 1912. Several of Fondu's photographs were published in "Le sentiment d'art en photographie" and "L'art en photographie", between 1898 and 1901 (see Liorel). Member of the "Cercle d’Art Photographique L’Effort".
Charles Jean Baptiste, ° 18.1.1872. Industrialist and Pictorialist. Manufacturer of accessories for rolling stock for trams and railways. He took over the family business from his father Jean Baptiste (see that name) in 1896 and expanded into automobile construction from 1906 until his death in 1912. Several of Fondu's photographs were published in "Le sentiment d'art en photographie" and "L'art en photographie", between 1898 and 1901 (see Liorel). Member of the "Cercle d’Art Photographique L’Effort".
Locations
1898 - 1902 Vilvorde
Exhibitions
Caen, 1901; Effort, 1901; Paris, 1901; Effort, 1902; Paris, 1902; Turin, 1902.
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1685
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 13.1.2019; SFJ revised 7.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 1.2.2021; SFJ revised 6.3.2023 & 21.7.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 12.5.2020 & 9.3.2023