Joostens, Florent

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Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

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Life dates

Antwerp, 1835 - Antwerp, 1888

Activity

1858 - 1877 Anvers
° 22.8.1835; + 18.9.1888. He was a landowner, residing in the castle of Wijnegem, and member of the commercial and maritime upper middle class. Joostens recorded the ruins of the Antwerp stock exchange on 6.8.1858. As one of the leading Belgian amateurs in the 1860s, he was especially known for his views of the old Antwerp gates and the Spanish ramparts before they were dismantled in 1863-1864; around 40 images are recorded. This campaign was followed by a documentation of the Brialmont fortifications under construction in 1865, a set of 19 images. Joostens had CVs printed in his name, which was rare for an amateur. Founder member of the ABP. The Photography Museum in Antwerp possesses an album featuring Joostens' castle at Wijnegem.

Locations

1858 - 1877 Anvers

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1861 (the old port and the castle of Wijnegem; honorable mention); Paris, 1867 (landscapes, town views, portraits; coloured prints juxtaposing two images, the upper one rendered transparent with varnish, and held slightly apart at the edges with a thin strip of cardboard; honorable mention).

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Association belge de Photographie

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Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1877

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#2370

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 13.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 15.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 20.10.2022 based on information supplied by Wilfried Vandevelde (email dated 17.10.2022); MD revised 18.10.2022 & 16.10.2024

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