Nestler & Rhône

Identity

Category

Partnership

Alternative name or descriptor

  • Atelier W. Nestler

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Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Activity

1899 - 1903 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 28
Predecessor: Nestler Wilhelm Successor: Carabain J. #
The identity of the actual partners in this inherited studio is surprisingly elusive. After the death of Wilhelm Nestler on 12.1.1898, the studio undoubtedly continued to operate under the aegis of the Nestler family for another five years or so. The precise denomination in the directories varies: "Atelier W. Nestler" at this address in the Mertens directory, 1901-1903 and in the Monod directory, 1899 and 1903, "Nestler & Rhône" in the Monod directory, 1900-1902. On CV, "Wilhelm Nestler, Succrs Nestler & Rhône".
None of the candidate partners or operators lived anywhere near the studio. On the Nestler side, these include Wilhelm's surviving brother Charles Frédéric (see entry), a retoucher or photographer living in Brussels - Saint-Josse, and Wilhelm's daughter Anna "Marguerite" Nestler (° Brussels, 19.5.1874; + Brussels - Ixelles, 17.9.1958), initially recorded as a labouring photographer and subsequently as a governess.
Charles Nestler was a witness at the wedding of François Jules Rhône (° Ghent, 24.4.1867), a clerk living throughout this period in the "Quartier Nord-Est" of Brussels, in Brussels on 26.3.1898. François Rhône was likewise a witness at Charles Nestler's wedding in Brussels - Saint-Josse on 26.1.1901, as was François Rhône's brother Louis, recorded as an artist-musician aged 44 living in Brussels - Schaerbeek. Finally, their sister "Léocadie" Léonie Rhône (° Charleroi, 14.8.1862; + La Hulpe, 2.5.1908) was recorded as a labouring photographer who arrived in Brussels, Boulevard du Nord, 16 on 2.9.1898, coming from Brussels - Schaerbeek. She left for Genval on 21.11.1900 and was subsequently described as a person of independent means.

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1899 - 1903 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 28

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#5310

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 14.3.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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