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Gilles (- Ledoux), Amand
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Maison Gilles - Ledoux<76->
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Soye, 1844 - Namur, 1889
Activity
1873 * - 1889 + Namur, Rue de la Croix, 4
Predecessor: Gilles François Successeur: Gilles - Ledoux (Maison)
° 19.10.1844; + 15.11.1889. Amand was the younger brother of François Gilles. At first a teacher and communal secretary in Moignelée. He is said to have learned photography with the Parisian portraitist Franck (see that name), who had stayed in Namur in c. 1862. Following the transfer of the studio from his brother in 1873, he continued initially to sign CVs simply "Gilles" with no first name. On 22.8.1876 he married Joséphine Ledoux (° Tamines, 23.1.1841; + Namur, 5.10.1879), following which the studio credit ran "Artistic photography of all kinds, Gilles - Ledoux". He registered a patent in 1885 for an "automatic dimmer for photographic enlargements". Amand's second marriage was to Désirée Marie Massart (° Beuzet, 6.8.1849; + Namur, 14.6.1921) on 11.4.1883. She ensured the continuity of the studio after his death and maintained the trade name "Maison Gilles - Ledoux".
Predecessor: Gilles François Successeur: Gilles - Ledoux (Maison)
° 19.10.1844; + 15.11.1889. Amand was the younger brother of François Gilles. At first a teacher and communal secretary in Moignelée. He is said to have learned photography with the Parisian portraitist Franck (see that name), who had stayed in Namur in c. 1862. Following the transfer of the studio from his brother in 1873, he continued initially to sign CVs simply "Gilles" with no first name. On 22.8.1876 he married Joséphine Ledoux (° Tamines, 23.1.1841; + Namur, 5.10.1879), following which the studio credit ran "Artistic photography of all kinds, Gilles - Ledoux". He registered a patent in 1885 for an "automatic dimmer for photographic enlargements". Amand's second marriage was to Désirée Marie Massart (° Beuzet, 6.8.1849; + Namur, 14.6.1921) on 11.4.1883. She ensured the continuity of the studio after his death and maintained the trade name "Maison Gilles - Ledoux".
Locations
1873 * - 1889 + Namur, Rue de la Croix, 4
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1885 (bronze medal); Brussels, 1888.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
PIGEOLET, Valentine. "La Maison Gilles 1860-1974. Le portrait d’une famille namuroise" in BODART, Emmanuel, Anne ROEKENS & Luc STOKART (éd.), Instants cadrés. Portraits photographiques de la Maison Gilles à Namur (1860-1914), Namur, 2021, pp. 17-31.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1889 - 1890
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1886
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.9.2017; MCC revised 22.5.2018; SFJ revised 11.5.2019, 9.4.2020 & 19.3.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 31.12.2021