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Massot, Joseph
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie d'Art
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Brussels - Watermael-Boitsfort, 1880 - ?, 1956
Activity
1905 - 1913 / Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 29 or 31<11-13> (Place Jourdan)
Joseph François Casimir, known as Joseph Désiré, ° 10.3.1880; + October 1956. Student of the "Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles". Nude studies of Dutch dancer and future spy Mata Hari (1876 - 1917), dated 1912. Deputy secretary of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Belgique", 1913. In an annex to the "Bulletin de l'Union des Photographes Professionels" of January 1913, Massot declared that he had run this studio for 10 years and was now selling it due to family circumstances.
1911 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Vleurgat, 45
Created an "extra-modern studio" at this address in 1913, reportedly costing 60 000 frs. Continued to operate at this address through the interwar years. During this period, his prints had a distinctive presentation, with multiple mounting in art deco style. Official photographer of the Belgian field army in 1927 (Le Soir, 17.3.1927).
Joseph François Casimir, known as Joseph Désiré, ° 10.3.1880; + October 1956. Student of the "Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles". Nude studies of Dutch dancer and future spy Mata Hari (1876 - 1917), dated 1912. Deputy secretary of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Belgique", 1913. In an annex to the "Bulletin de l'Union des Photographes Professionels" of January 1913, Massot declared that he had run this studio for 10 years and was now selling it due to family circumstances.
1911 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Vleurgat, 45
Created an "extra-modern studio" at this address in 1913, reportedly costing 60 000 frs. Continued to operate at this address through the interwar years. During this period, his prints had a distinctive presentation, with multiple mounting in art deco style. Official photographer of the Belgian field army in 1927 (Le Soir, 17.3.1927).
Locations
1905 - 1913 / Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Chaussée de Tervueren, 29 or 31<11-13> (Place Jourdan)
1911 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Vleurgat, 45
1911 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Vleurgat, 45
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1905 (silver medal); Brussels, 1906 (gold medal).
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Bibliography/Webography
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2977
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 5.2.2018 & 14.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries.; MD revised 27.10.2020 & 27.1.2023; SFJ revised 6.9.2023 & 18.10.2023