Printed: 2024-04-25
Joostens, Florent
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
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.
° 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); 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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Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1877
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2370
Status
Level of detail
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; MD revised 18.10.2022; SFJ revised 20.10.2022 based on information supplied by Wilfried Vandevelde (email dated 17.10.2022)