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Massaux, Antoine
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
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.
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).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1875 - 1911
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2972
Status
Level of detail
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