Printed: 2020-12-05
Messiaen, Jules
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Tournai, 1869 - Tournai, 1956
Activity
1892 * - 1894 Tournai, Rue du Viaduc, 67
Jules Charles. Pupil of the Tournai Academy and of the "Ecole des beaux-arts" in Brussels. First portraits in 1888. He opened a studio in 1892. He made a large number of views of Tournai, most of which were destroyed by bombing in 1940. His sons Edmond and Séverin were also photographers in Tournai.
1899 * - 1914 > Tournai, Rue Royale, 23
Studio transferred to this address on 1.2.1899. Messiaen made a prolific record of daily life in Tournai. He remained active until the 1940s, together with his son Edmond (1896 - 1955).
Jules Charles. Pupil of the Tournai Academy and of the "Ecole des beaux-arts" in Brussels. First portraits in 1888. He opened a studio in 1892. He made a large number of views of Tournai, most of which were destroyed by bombing in 1940. His sons Edmond and Séverin were also photographers in Tournai.
1899 * - 1914 > Tournai, Rue Royale, 23
Studio transferred to this address on 1.2.1899. Messiaen made a prolific record of daily life in Tournai. He remained active until the 1940s, together with his son Edmond (1896 - 1955).
Locations
1892 * - 1894 Tournai, Rue du Viaduc, 67
1899 * - 1914 > Tournai, Rue Royale, 23
1899 * - 1914 > Tournai, Rue Royale, 23
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Bibliography/Webography
BOUSSEMART, Etienne. Tournai et Tournaisis. Passions de photographes, les Messiaen, 1869-1990. Tournai, 1999, 223 pp.
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3044
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
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Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 14.2.2018, parly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; revised 25.2.2019 & 21.6.2019; MCC revised 12.3.2020