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Licot, Feuillen
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Ermeton-sur-Biert, 1817 - Brussels, 1881
Activity
1860 * - 1877 Nivelles, Rue de Namur
° 27.12.1817; + 28.3.1881. Director of the "Académie de Dessin et de l'Ecole Industrielle de Nivelles" since 1841. Established his studio in March 1860. "Mr F. Licot, director of the school of drawing and architecture in Nivelles, has the honour of announcing that he has just opened his photography studios for portraits on glass, canvas and paper. Prices vary from 3 fr. up to 50 francs for coloured portraits" (Gazette de l'arrondissement de Nivelles, 24.3.1860).
Licot photographed the participants, in historical dress, of the Saint Gertrude jubilee procession in 1868. Diploma of merit in Vienna in 1873 for his basic course in line drawing which he also exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Photolithography in line for copying drawings. Townhouse with photographic studio designed for him by his son Charles Licot (1843 - 1903) in Rue de Namur in 1875. Founder member of the ABP.
° 27.12.1817; + 28.3.1881. Director of the "Académie de Dessin et de l'Ecole Industrielle de Nivelles" since 1841. Established his studio in March 1860. "Mr F. Licot, director of the school of drawing and architecture in Nivelles, has the honour of announcing that he has just opened his photography studios for portraits on glass, canvas and paper. Prices vary from 3 fr. up to 50 francs for coloured portraits" (Gazette de l'arrondissement de Nivelles, 24.3.1860).
Licot photographed the participants, in historical dress, of the Saint Gertrude jubilee procession in 1868. Diploma of merit in Vienna in 1873 for his basic course in line drawing which he also exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Photolithography in line for copying drawings. Townhouse with photographic studio designed for him by his son Charles Licot (1843 - 1903) in Rue de Namur in 1875. Founder member of the ABP.
Locations
1860 * - 1877 Nivelles, Rue de Namur
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1875 (plates for a geometry course in photolithography); Ghent, 1877 (course of linear perspective, 17 plates in photolithography; 1st class medal).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
TORDOIR, Joseph. "Nivelles : le photographe Feuillen Licot", Wavriensia Racines, vol. 64, 2015, pp. 11-22.
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#2787
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 27.4.2018 & 6.1.2019; SFJ revised 21.4.2020 & 26.7.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght