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Frémault, Léon
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie des Casernes (at Chaussée de Tervueren)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur then Professional
Details
Life dates
Bruges, 1866 - ?, 1954
Activity
1894 - 1898 Paris [F]
Léon Marie, ° 19.4.1866; + November 1954. Recorded as a mechanic domiciled in Paris [F] at the occasion of his marriage there on 24.2.1894. Member of the "Société franco-belge de photographie [de Paris]" from 28.10.1894.
1903 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Avenue des Casernes, 85 & 87
"Frémault, A." in the directory. Returned to Brussels about the turn of the century, after having lived in Paris for about ten years, where he had reportedly served as an operator in various studios. Despite his activities in Belgium, Frémault was still recorded as a mechanic resident in Paris in March 1904, when witnessing a wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht.
1903 - 1915 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 260<03; 05; 07>, 380<04-05>, 360<08-10> or 360-362<09>, 380-382<11-14> then 394-396-398<15 ca>
Misspelled "Frémont" in the 1907 directory. "Supplier to the army and to the company Les Tramways bruxellois". Frémault was appointed "Photographer to the Royal Household" in 1919, at which point he was operating at Chaussée de Wavre, 786-788 (La Nation Belge, 16.5.1919). Active at that address throughout the interwar period, both as a photographer and as a dealer of photographic supplies. On 21.7.1935, the King ceremoniously handed Frémault a medal of honour on his appointment as the "doyen" of photographers in Belgium.
Léon Marie, ° 19.4.1866; + November 1954. Recorded as a mechanic domiciled in Paris [F] at the occasion of his marriage there on 24.2.1894. Member of the "Société franco-belge de photographie [de Paris]" from 28.10.1894.
1903 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Avenue des Casernes, 85 & 87
"Frémault, A." in the directory. Returned to Brussels about the turn of the century, after having lived in Paris for about ten years, where he had reportedly served as an operator in various studios. Despite his activities in Belgium, Frémault was still recorded as a mechanic resident in Paris in March 1904, when witnessing a wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht.
1903 - 1915 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 260<03; 05; 07>, 380<04-05>, 360<08-10> or 360-362<09>, 380-382<11-14> then 394-396-398<15 ca>
Misspelled "Frémont" in the 1907 directory. "Supplier to the army and to the company Les Tramways bruxellois". Frémault was appointed "Photographer to the Royal Household" in 1919, at which point he was operating at Chaussée de Wavre, 786-788 (La Nation Belge, 16.5.1919). Active at that address throughout the interwar period, both as a photographer and as a dealer of photographic supplies. On 21.7.1935, the King ceremoniously handed Frémault a medal of honour on his appointment as the "doyen" of photographers in Belgium.
Locations
1894 - 1898 Paris [F]
1903 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Avenue des Casernes, 85 & 87
1903 - 1915 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 260<03; 05; 07>, 380<04-05>, 360<08-10> or 360-362<09>, 380-382<11-14> then 394-396-398<15 ca>
1903 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Avenue des Casernes, 85 & 87
1903 - 1915 ca Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 260<03; 05; 07>, 380<04-05>, 360<08-10> or 360-362<09>, 380-382<11-14> then 394-396-398<15 ca>
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Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1743
Status
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 22.1.2018 & 1.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries.; SFJ revised 12.11.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 9.2.2021 partially based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 13.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 28.10.2020 & 14.8.2024