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Fonteyne, Jules
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
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Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Bruges, 1878 - Bruges, 1964
Activity
1905 ca Bruges
° 22.7.1878; + 11.8.1964. Painter of portraits and of popular Bruges characters. An engraver, his graphic work was similar to that of Jules De Bruycker. Pupil at the academies of Bruges and Brussels. He built a camera in his youth. Member of the "Cercle Photographique de Bruges" and of the "Cercle artistique ‘Kunstgenegen’". Only a few of his photographs survive, since unfortunately he destroyed a large number of negatives.
° 22.7.1878; + 11.8.1964. Painter of portraits and of popular Bruges characters. An engraver, his graphic work was similar to that of Jules De Bruycker. Pupil at the academies of Bruges and Brussels. He built a camera in his youth. Member of the "Cercle Photographique de Bruges" and of the "Cercle artistique ‘Kunstgenegen’". Only a few of his photographs survive, since unfortunately he destroyed a large number of negatives.
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1905 ca Bruges
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Bibliography/Webography
MICHIELS, G., "Jules Fonteyne". Bruges, 1973.
HOSTYN, Norbert. "Fonteyne Jules", Le Dictionnaire des peintres Belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours, La Renaissance du Livre, t. 1, 1994, p. 443.
HOSTYN, Norbert. "Fonteyne Jules", Le Dictionnaire des peintres Belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours, La Renaissance du Livre, t. 1, 1994, p. 443.
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1693
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.1.2018