Printed: 2024-04-24
Morren, Prosper
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Artistique (at Rue de Bruel)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Louvain - Heverlee, 1843 - Malines, 1920
Activity
1870 - 1874 / Louvain, Rue de Tirlemont, 65
Predecessor: Vander Elst Edouard
° 12.6.1843; + 22.3.1920. A witness at the wedding of his predecessor Edouard Vander Elst (see that name) in Louvain on 10.2.1869, Morren was already recorded as a photographer there.
1874 * - 1894 / Louvain, Rue de Namur, 73<74-80> then 20<80-94>
Successor: Morren Frères
Photographs of floats in historical cavalcade, 1884. Collections of portraits of the professors at the "Université Catholique de Louvain" in 1884. He uses as backdrop for his CV portraits a photographic view of the Louvain town hall. From around 1890 onwards, "Studio P. Morren": his two sons took over management of it.
1883 - 1884 Moll, Groote Markt (on the premises of Veuve Moorkens)
Itinerant at this address in November 1883 and January 1884.
1886 Gheel
Itinerant in Geel in November 1886.
1890 * - 1893 / Malines, Rue Sainte-Catherine, 54
He moved to this address on 3.4.1890. Still at this address in the 1902 and 1904 Mendel directory, apparently an error.
1894 * - 1914 > Malines, Rue de Bruel, 52 or 50<14>
"Permanent portraits", i.e. carbon prints. He also sold cameras and occasionally published picture postcards. In 1912 he was reported as having two employees. Still listed here in 1920. By 1922 he had been succeeded by Ferdinand Bossut (° Malines, 23.7.1895) who dealt in general photographic supplies.
Predecessor: Vander Elst Edouard
° 12.6.1843; + 22.3.1920. A witness at the wedding of his predecessor Edouard Vander Elst (see that name) in Louvain on 10.2.1869, Morren was already recorded as a photographer there.
1874 * - 1894 / Louvain, Rue de Namur, 73<74-80> then 20<80-94>
Successor: Morren Frères
Photographs of floats in historical cavalcade, 1884. Collections of portraits of the professors at the "Université Catholique de Louvain" in 1884. He uses as backdrop for his CV portraits a photographic view of the Louvain town hall. From around 1890 onwards, "Studio P. Morren": his two sons took over management of it.
1883 - 1884 Moll, Groote Markt (on the premises of Veuve Moorkens)
Itinerant at this address in November 1883 and January 1884.
1886 Gheel
Itinerant in Geel in November 1886.
1890 * - 1893 / Malines, Rue Sainte-Catherine, 54
He moved to this address on 3.4.1890. Still at this address in the 1902 and 1904 Mendel directory, apparently an error.
1894 * - 1914 > Malines, Rue de Bruel, 52 or 50<14>
"Permanent portraits", i.e. carbon prints. He also sold cameras and occasionally published picture postcards. In 1912 he was reported as having two employees. Still listed here in 1920. By 1922 he had been succeeded by Ferdinand Bossut (° Malines, 23.7.1895) who dealt in general photographic supplies.
Locations
1870 - 1874 / Louvain, Rue de Tirlemont, 65
1874 * - 1894 / Louvain, Rue de Namur, 73<74-80> then 20<80-94>
1883 - 1884 Moll, Groote Markt (on the premises of Veuve Moorkens)
1886 Gheel
1890 * - 1893 / Malines, Rue Sainte-Catherine, 54
1894 * - 1914 > Malines, Rue de Bruel, 52 or 50<14>
1874 * - 1894 / Louvain, Rue de Namur, 73<74-80> then 20<80-94>
1883 - 1884 Moll, Groote Markt (on the premises of Veuve Moorkens)
1886 Gheel
1890 * - 1893 / Malines, Rue Sainte-Catherine, 54
1894 * - 1914 > Malines, Rue de Bruel, 52 or 50<14>
Exhibitions
Berlin, 1865 (probably his predecessor Vander Elst); Lyon, Exposition Universelle, 1872; London 1873; Philadelphia 1876 (no address).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3152
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 23.9.2017, 2.5.2018 & 16.5.2018; MCC revised 23.5.2018; SFJ revised 11.7.2018; MD revised 9.6.2020 partially based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman; SFJ revised 9.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 11.2.2021 based on information supplied by Pool Andries