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Mitkiewicz, César (& Cie)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Warsaw [PL], 1836 - Ypres, 1871
Activity
1863 * - 1866 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 9
Predecessor: Baron & Mitkiewicz Successor: Straszak Ladislas
César Léonard Nicolas, ° 5.8.1836; + 12.12.1871. Pole exiled in Brussels. His partnership with Baron had ended by March 1863, when Mitkiewicz announced that the establishment had become his exclusive property (L'Indépendance Belge, 3.3.1863). On CVs "& Cie" is added from August 1865. A receipt dated 6.7.1866 is signed by "Gustave", who was also employed by Mitkiewicz at no. 29. Mitkiewicz was reported as having severed all connection with the studio at this address by December 1866: "He will very soon open a new establishment of the same type" (Journal de Bruxelles, 14.12.1866).
1863 * Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 88
Predecessor: Michiels Jan-Frans
In April 1863, Mitkiewicz announced that he would soon open a branch at this address, "formerly Maison Michiels" (L'Indépendance Belge, 14.3.1863).
1865 */ Ypres, Grand' Place (Hôtel de la Châtellenie)
Operated here for from February through April 1865 (De Toekomst, 18.2.1865; Le Propagateur, 22.4.1865).
1865 Ostende
Beach hut on the beach during the season.
1865 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue des Brasseurs, 39
Successor: Morin Victor
Opened on 7.11.1865 at this address, studio left by Pierre-Edouard Dechamps (see that name) two years previously. Acquired by Morin on 22.12.1866.
1867 Ostende, Vlaanderenstraat, Hôtel de Flandre
Branch of the studio at Rue Neuve, 9 in Brussels.
1867 * - 1868 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Montagne, 51
Predecessor: Tufferau William or Dumonthier # Successor: Gaillard François
Domiciled at this address on 31.12.1866. The studios at Rue de la Montagne, 51 and Rue Neuve, 29 seem to have coexisted for a short period. He married daguerreotypist and print publisher Pierre Cremetti’s daughter Josephine on 5.9.1867. She moved to Rue de la Montagne, 51 on 16.12.1867, the day, according to the population registry, that Mitkiewicz left for Paris. He was domiciled in Montagne aux Herbes Potagères, 9 (at his father-in-law’s) on 25.6.1868. No photographs of Mitkiewicz are known crediting Montagne aux Herbes Potagères.
1867 * - 1870 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 29
Predecessor: Smeesters François Successor: à Brassard Frédéric
Some CVs state "Gustave, photographer representing the César Mitkiewicz studio". On the CV: "Not to be confused with my previous address, Rue Neuve, 9". He left for Liège on 6.4.1870 but is not known to have operated there.
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de l'Etoile, 9
Opening advertised of a painting and photography studio in the name of "Photographie Parisienne H. Grandmaison", with César Mitkiewicz as operator (De Toekomst, 1.1.1871). It must have only operated for a few months.
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de la Station (Café "La Cour de Saint-Sébastien")
Studio active in summer 1871.
Mitkiewicz's views of Brussels taken in 1864 were projected as part of a public slide show by the "Photo-Club de Belgique" held at the "Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg" in Brussels on 28.1.1898.
Predecessor: Baron & Mitkiewicz Successor: Straszak Ladislas
César Léonard Nicolas, ° 5.8.1836; + 12.12.1871. Pole exiled in Brussels. His partnership with Baron had ended by March 1863, when Mitkiewicz announced that the establishment had become his exclusive property (L'Indépendance Belge, 3.3.1863). On CVs "& Cie" is added from August 1865. A receipt dated 6.7.1866 is signed by "Gustave", who was also employed by Mitkiewicz at no. 29. Mitkiewicz was reported as having severed all connection with the studio at this address by December 1866: "He will very soon open a new establishment of the same type" (Journal de Bruxelles, 14.12.1866).
1863 * Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 88
Predecessor: Michiels Jan-Frans
In April 1863, Mitkiewicz announced that he would soon open a branch at this address, "formerly Maison Michiels" (L'Indépendance Belge, 14.3.1863).
1865 */ Ypres, Grand' Place (Hôtel de la Châtellenie)
Operated here for from February through April 1865 (De Toekomst, 18.2.1865; Le Propagateur, 22.4.1865).
1865 Ostende
Beach hut on the beach during the season.
1865 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue des Brasseurs, 39
Successor: Morin Victor
Opened on 7.11.1865 at this address, studio left by Pierre-Edouard Dechamps (see that name) two years previously. Acquired by Morin on 22.12.1866.
1867 Ostende, Vlaanderenstraat, Hôtel de Flandre
Branch of the studio at Rue Neuve, 9 in Brussels.
1867 * - 1868 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Montagne, 51
Predecessor: Tufferau William or Dumonthier # Successor: Gaillard François
Domiciled at this address on 31.12.1866. The studios at Rue de la Montagne, 51 and Rue Neuve, 29 seem to have coexisted for a short period. He married daguerreotypist and print publisher Pierre Cremetti’s daughter Josephine on 5.9.1867. She moved to Rue de la Montagne, 51 on 16.12.1867, the day, according to the population registry, that Mitkiewicz left for Paris. He was domiciled in Montagne aux Herbes Potagères, 9 (at his father-in-law’s) on 25.6.1868. No photographs of Mitkiewicz are known crediting Montagne aux Herbes Potagères.
1867 * - 1870 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 29
Predecessor: Smeesters François Successor: à Brassard Frédéric
Some CVs state "Gustave, photographer representing the César Mitkiewicz studio". On the CV: "Not to be confused with my previous address, Rue Neuve, 9". He left for Liège on 6.4.1870 but is not known to have operated there.
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de l'Etoile, 9
Opening advertised of a painting and photography studio in the name of "Photographie Parisienne H. Grandmaison", with César Mitkiewicz as operator (De Toekomst, 1.1.1871). It must have only operated for a few months.
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de la Station (Café "La Cour de Saint-Sébastien")
Studio active in summer 1871.
Mitkiewicz's views of Brussels taken in 1864 were projected as part of a public slide show by the "Photo-Club de Belgique" held at the "Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg" in Brussels on 28.1.1898.
Locations
1863 * - 1866 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 9
1863 * Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 88
1865 */ Ypres, Grand' Place (Hôtel de la Châtellenie)
1865 Ostende
1865 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue des Brasseurs, 39
1867 Ostende, Vlaanderenstraat, Hôtel de Flandre
1867 * - 1868 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Montagne, 51
1867 * - 1870 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 29
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de l'Etoile, 9
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de la Station (Café "La Cour de Saint-Sébastien")
1863 * Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 88
1865 */ Ypres, Grand' Place (Hôtel de la Châtellenie)
1865 Ostende
1865 * - 1866 / Namur, Rue des Brasseurs, 39
1867 Ostende, Vlaanderenstraat, Hôtel de Flandre
1867 * - 1868 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Montagne, 51
1867 * - 1870 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 29
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de l'Etoile, 9
1871 * + Ypres, Rue de la Station (Café "La Cour de Saint-Sébastien")
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3102
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 14.2.2018, 15.5.2015 & 1.10.2018 partly based on information supplied by Jan De Wilde; SFJ revised 8.9.2019, 19.12.2020 & 29.4.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 25.3.2021 & 22.7.2021