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Losseau, Léon [1]
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Thuin, 1869 - Mons, 1949
Activity
1899 - 1914 > Mons
° 9.3.1869; + 7.8.1949. Lawyer. President of the Mons section of the ABP in 1904. President of the "Cercle archéologique de Mons" and of the "Société des Bibliophiles belges séant à Mons". Losseau had his eighteenth-century town mansion (rue de Nimy, 37) completely transformed into an Art Nouveau "Gesamtkunstwerk" by architects Henri Sauvage, Charles Sarrazin and Paul Saintenoy between 1899 and 1912. He had a dark room set up in the basement. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. In keeping with Losseau's interests as a bibliophile, a foundation now runs the mansion as a centre for the promotion of literature. The Foundation houses 800 stereo glass negatives taken by Losseau between 1899 and 1903, comprising landscapes and portraits of family and friends. Exhibitions drawn from this collection were held in 1989 and 2016.
° 9.3.1869; + 7.8.1949. Lawyer. President of the Mons section of the ABP in 1904. President of the "Cercle archéologique de Mons" and of the "Société des Bibliophiles belges séant à Mons". Losseau had his eighteenth-century town mansion (rue de Nimy, 37) completely transformed into an Art Nouveau "Gesamtkunstwerk" by architects Henri Sauvage, Charles Sarrazin and Paul Saintenoy between 1899 and 1912. He had a dark room set up in the basement. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. In keeping with Losseau's interests as a bibliophile, a foundation now runs the mansion as a centre for the promotion of literature. The Foundation houses 800 stereo glass negatives taken by Losseau between 1899 and 1903, comprising landscapes and portraits of family and friends. Exhibitions drawn from this collection were held in 1989 and 2016.
Locations
1899 - 1914 > Mons
Exhibitions
Mons, 1904 (stereos).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1901 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2836
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 11.9.2017, 27.4.2018, 27.9.2018, 14.11.2018, 31.5.2020 & 16.6.2022; MD revised 11.5.2023