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Martiny, Jules
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Liège, 1850 - Andenne (Namur), 1917
Activity
1874 - 1917 + Liège
Jules Lambert, ° 16.4.1850; + 18.10.1917. Cloth merchant. A founder member of the ABP, he invented a portable darkroom in 1878. On the verso of CAB mounts, printed in his own name, c. 1886, Martiny added advertising for his business: "Fabric by the ell ["aunages"]. Speciality of white and blue linen. Novelties - Merinos".
Martiny subsequently took snapshots, urban views and local events using Français’ kinégraphe with a long-focus lens (camera manufactured from 1890). He took a set of images recording Prince Baudouin's visit to Liège in August 1890, including "the Prince on horseback during the procession by the civic guard on Place Saint-Lambert" (La Meuse, 4.8.1890). Author of a standard work "Histoire du théâtre de Liège depuis son origine à nos jours", Liège, 1887. Member of the "Société de langue et de littérature wallonnes". Martiny's death certificate described him as a person of independent means.
Jules Lambert, ° 16.4.1850; + 18.10.1917. Cloth merchant. A founder member of the ABP, he invented a portable darkroom in 1878. On the verso of CAB mounts, printed in his own name, c. 1886, Martiny added advertising for his business: "Fabric by the ell ["aunages"]. Speciality of white and blue linen. Novelties - Merinos".
Martiny subsequently took snapshots, urban views and local events using Français’ kinégraphe with a long-focus lens (camera manufactured from 1890). He took a set of images recording Prince Baudouin's visit to Liège in August 1890, including "the Prince on horseback during the procession by the civic guard on Place Saint-Lambert" (La Meuse, 4.8.1890). Author of a standard work "Histoire du théâtre de Liège depuis son origine à nos jours", Liège, 1887. Member of the "Société de langue et de littérature wallonnes". Martiny's death certificate described him as a person of independent means.
Locations
1874 - 1917 + Liège
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1880; Liège, 1892; Ghent, 1895.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1896
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2955
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 19.4.2019, 7.12.2019, 18.7.2020 & 26.11.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 10.11.2023