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Franck, François
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1872 - Ostend, 1932
Activity
1890 - 1914 Anvers
Also Frans, ° 17.5.1872; + 23.3.1932. Partner in the upmarket furniture and decoration business Franck Frères, inspired by the ideas of William Morris and John Ruskin; significant benefactor of the arts. During a meeting of the "Académie des Sciences" on 17.6.1907, he claimed to have successfully used autochromes for photomicrography. Director of the firm "La Photographie des Couleurs S.A.", set up in 1908 to commercialise trichromatic photography, when he was described as an industrialist.
Also Frans, ° 17.5.1872; + 23.3.1932. Partner in the upmarket furniture and decoration business Franck Frères, inspired by the ideas of William Morris and John Ruskin; significant benefactor of the arts. During a meeting of the "Académie des Sciences" on 17.6.1907, he claimed to have successfully used autochromes for photomicrography. Director of the firm "La Photographie des Couleurs S.A.", set up in 1908 to commercialise trichromatic photography, when he was described as an industrialist.
Locations
1890 - 1914 Anvers
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1891; Antwerp, 1892.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1890 - 1897
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1725
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 27.6.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 13.3.2023 & 20.10.2023; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght