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Kirsch, Joseph (Fils)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Artistique et Industrielle (in Rue de la Cathédrale)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Liège, 1835 - Liège, 1912
Activity
1862 - 1880 Liège, Passage Lemonnier, 30<62-68>, 32<69-70> or 30-32
Predecessor: Kirsch Pierre Joseph
° 11.3.1835; + 21.12.1912. Lithographer and bookbinder, then photographer, "Joseph Fils" was the son of Pierre Joseph. In the de Bruyne directory, "Kirsch Joseph Fils" is only listed until 1875, subsequently no first name, then "J." in 1880. The Tarlier directory lists "P. Kirsch" from 1868 until 1875 at Passage Lemonnier, and the Rozez directory "P." in 1878.
"Portraits from the smallest up to life size, monochrome and painted in oils, photo-miniature, groups and horsemen, post-mortem portraits, portraits taken at home, views, landscapes, plans, and machines. Portrait studio at ground level. All the views of Liège for sale in various sizes. Framing" [De Bruyne, 1869]. At an unspecified date at no. 32 a studio operated under the trade name "Photographie de l'Univers".
Active as an architectural photographer from 1869 to 1888, Kirsch compiled a systematic iconographic survey of Liège and its monuments, historic neighbourhoods and urban development. The "Musée de la Vie Wallonne" possesses a collection of 273 prints, bound in four volumes.
1881 - 1885 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6
Successor: Meyers & Hautvast #
"J." in the directory. According to the "Musée de la Vie Wallonne", he was a son of "Joseph Fils". "Photographic, typographic and chromo-lithographic establishment. Stationery and office supplies. Mechanical presses. Artistic and industrial photography; all kinds of portraits. Collotype" [De Bruyne, 1884].
1886 - 1894 Liège, Rue de la Cathédrale, 75<86-91> or 77<93>
Predecessor: Silverberg A. # Successor: Schüttringer Richard #
On CV, "Printer, lithographer, photographer".
1894 - 1907 Liège, Rue des Clarisses, 3
CVs signed Kirsch with no initial; initial "J." in the directory.
Predecessor: Kirsch Pierre Joseph
° 11.3.1835; + 21.12.1912. Lithographer and bookbinder, then photographer, "Joseph Fils" was the son of Pierre Joseph. In the de Bruyne directory, "Kirsch Joseph Fils" is only listed until 1875, subsequently no first name, then "J." in 1880. The Tarlier directory lists "P. Kirsch" from 1868 until 1875 at Passage Lemonnier, and the Rozez directory "P." in 1878.
"Portraits from the smallest up to life size, monochrome and painted in oils, photo-miniature, groups and horsemen, post-mortem portraits, portraits taken at home, views, landscapes, plans, and machines. Portrait studio at ground level. All the views of Liège for sale in various sizes. Framing" [De Bruyne, 1869]. At an unspecified date at no. 32 a studio operated under the trade name "Photographie de l'Univers".
Active as an architectural photographer from 1869 to 1888, Kirsch compiled a systematic iconographic survey of Liège and its monuments, historic neighbourhoods and urban development. The "Musée de la Vie Wallonne" possesses a collection of 273 prints, bound in four volumes.
1881 - 1885 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6
Successor: Meyers & Hautvast #
"J." in the directory. According to the "Musée de la Vie Wallonne", he was a son of "Joseph Fils". "Photographic, typographic and chromo-lithographic establishment. Stationery and office supplies. Mechanical presses. Artistic and industrial photography; all kinds of portraits. Collotype" [De Bruyne, 1884].
1886 - 1894 Liège, Rue de la Cathédrale, 75<86-91> or 77<93>
Predecessor: Silverberg A. # Successor: Schüttringer Richard #
On CV, "Printer, lithographer, photographer".
1894 - 1907 Liège, Rue des Clarisses, 3
CVs signed Kirsch with no initial; initial "J." in the directory.
Locations
1862 - 1880 Liège, Passage Lemonnier, 30<62-68>, 32<69-70> or 30-32
1881 - 1885 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6
1886 - 1894 Liège, Rue de la Cathédrale, 75<86-91> or 77<93>
1894 - 1907 Liège, Rue des Clarisses, 3
1881 - 1885 Liège, Place Saint-Paul, 6
1886 - 1894 Liège, Rue de la Cathédrale, 75<86-91> or 77<93>
1894 - 1907 Liège, Rue des Clarisses, 3
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1880 (no initial).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2456
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 23.4.2018 & 12.5.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 1.8.2023 & 8.8.2023; MD revised 17.9.2020, 9.11.2020 & 22.2.2024