Massaux, Antoine

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Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

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Life dates

Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint Martin (Walhain, Brabant), 1843 - Brussels - Etterbeek, 1911

Activity

1875 - 1911 + Bruxelles - Etterbeek
Toussaint Emile Antoine, ° 1.11.1843; + 16.8.1911. Originally a draughtsman and recorded as a clerk at his wedding in Brussels - Saint-Josse on 25.11.1882. Massaux spent most of his working life in the service of the "Commission royale des monuments" and rose to the highest administrative function with his appointment as secretary to that body in 1904. "As a young man, he began by accompanying members of the Commission on their [field] trips and photographing the buildings that they were studying. [...] The reports drafted by Mr Massaux were models of informed precision" (La Meuse, 19.8.1911). Member of the ABP from 9.3.1875. Knight of the Order of Leopold.

Locations

1875 - 1911 + Bruxelles - Etterbeek

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1889 (archeological subjects).

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1875 - 1911

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#2972

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 23.4.2017 & 23.5.2017; SFJ revised 1.12.2019 & 28.2.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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