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Géruzet Frères [1]
Identity
Category
Partnership
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Activity
1866 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue de l'Ecuyer, 27bis, 29<68-90> renumbered 35<90-12>
Predecessor: Géruzet Jules; Ghémar Frères (1894) Successor: Boute Eugène (1907)
Two sons of Jules Géruzet: Alfred (° Brussels - Saint-Josse, 9.2.1845; + Brussels - Ixelles, 2.1.1903), founder member of the ABP and Secretary-General from 1879 until 1884, and Albert (° Brussels, 12.6.1842; + Brussels - Forest, 23.5.1890). Sometimes spelled Geruzet. In 1869, advertisement "Géruzet & Sons, photographers" although Géruzet Frères appeared from September 1866 onwards. "Photographers of H.M. the Queen of the Belgians. Carbon prints. Permanent process. Specialised in enlargements; delicate retouching. Photographic enamels. Gold medal of Léopold I, Progress Medal, World Exhibition in Vienna 1873; Silver medal, World Exhibition in Paris 1878". Alfred was treasurer of the "Mutuelle photographique belge" in 1875.
Patent of 28.7.1883 [Alfred Géruzet, Brussels & Jean François Geesbergen, Brussels] for a "photographer's electric retouching device". The device was also patented in France, England, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the USA. Patent of 15.10.1890 [A. Géruzet, Brussels] for "a novel photographic process for producing prints in two tints". In an interview that Alfred Géruzet gave for the study "The Photographic Studios of Europe" by H. Baden Pritchard (1882, French translation Paris, 1885, pp. 314-318), he revealed some studio practices that may have surprised the author: preferring silver prints to carbon, and using pins while eschewing printing frames when printing-out in the open air, in the shade.
Acquisition of the Ghémar Frères negatives about 1894. The studio continued operating under the name "Géruzet Frères" after the death of Alfred, presumably under the supervision of Alfred's widow Augustine Louise Wuillot (° Brussels, 25.8.1847; + Brussels - Ixelles, 21.6.1919), until its takeover by Eugène Boute in 1907. The studio was still recorded under its old designation in the directories until 1912. Continuous numbering of CVs enables output to be dated fairly precisely, e.g. 24384 on 3.9.1868, 35028 on 10.9.1875; 50740 on 6.5.1880, 75450 in 1889, 84301 in 1896 ca.
1866 * - 1873 Bruxelles, Rue d'Arenberg, 1
Predecessor: Géruzet Jules
Ground-floor branch suitable for carriages and invalids.
Predecessor: Géruzet Jules; Ghémar Frères (1894) Successor: Boute Eugène (1907)
Two sons of Jules Géruzet: Alfred (° Brussels - Saint-Josse, 9.2.1845; + Brussels - Ixelles, 2.1.1903), founder member of the ABP and Secretary-General from 1879 until 1884, and Albert (° Brussels, 12.6.1842; + Brussels - Forest, 23.5.1890). Sometimes spelled Geruzet. In 1869, advertisement "Géruzet & Sons, photographers" although Géruzet Frères appeared from September 1866 onwards. "Photographers of H.M. the Queen of the Belgians. Carbon prints. Permanent process. Specialised in enlargements; delicate retouching. Photographic enamels. Gold medal of Léopold I, Progress Medal, World Exhibition in Vienna 1873; Silver medal, World Exhibition in Paris 1878". Alfred was treasurer of the "Mutuelle photographique belge" in 1875.
Patent of 28.7.1883 [Alfred Géruzet, Brussels & Jean François Geesbergen, Brussels] for a "photographer's electric retouching device". The device was also patented in France, England, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the USA. Patent of 15.10.1890 [A. Géruzet, Brussels] for "a novel photographic process for producing prints in two tints". In an interview that Alfred Géruzet gave for the study "The Photographic Studios of Europe" by H. Baden Pritchard (1882, French translation Paris, 1885, pp. 314-318), he revealed some studio practices that may have surprised the author: preferring silver prints to carbon, and using pins while eschewing printing frames when printing-out in the open air, in the shade.
Acquisition of the Ghémar Frères negatives about 1894. The studio continued operating under the name "Géruzet Frères" after the death of Alfred, presumably under the supervision of Alfred's widow Augustine Louise Wuillot (° Brussels, 25.8.1847; + Brussels - Ixelles, 21.6.1919), until its takeover by Eugène Boute in 1907. The studio was still recorded under its old designation in the directories until 1912. Continuous numbering of CVs enables output to be dated fairly precisely, e.g. 24384 on 3.9.1868, 35028 on 10.9.1875; 50740 on 6.5.1880, 75450 in 1889, 84301 in 1896 ca.
1866 * - 1873 Bruxelles, Rue d'Arenberg, 1
Predecessor: Géruzet Jules
Ground-floor branch suitable for carriages and invalids.
Locations
1866 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue de l'Ecuyer, 27bis, 29<68-90> renumbered 35<90-12>
1866 * - 1873 Bruxelles, Rue d'Arenberg, 1
1866 * - 1873 Bruxelles, Rue d'Arenberg, 1
Exhibitions
Paris, 1867 (honorable mention); Vienna, 1873 (carbon photographs, exhibited as a novelty); Brussels, 1874; Brussels, 1875; Paris, 1878 (silver medal); Brussels, 1880; Ghent, 1880; Lille, 1882 (silver medal); Amsterdam, 1883; Brussels, 1883 (hors concours; diploma of honour); Antwerp, 1885 (gold medal); Louvain, 1888; Paris, 1889 (gold medal); Brussels, 1891; Chicago, 1893; Brussels, 1895 (Alfred), London, 1896 (Alfred); Paris, 1896 (Alfred); Brussels, 1897.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1903
Description of relationship
Membership in the name of Alfred Géruzet.
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1843
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.1.2017, 22.1.2018, 13.5.2018 & 27.2.2019; SFJ revised 8.4.2020, 8.6.2020, 23.1.2021, 19.3.2021, 6.5.2021, 30.9.2021 & 24.1.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 14.9.2020, 16.3.2022, 18.10.2022, 21.6.2023 & 28.6.2023; SFJ revised 19.3.2024