Printed: 2020-10-24
Ortmans, Clément
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Verviers, 1881 - Verviers, 1964
Activity
1897 * - 1899 / Verviers, Pont des Récollets, 124
° 19.3.1881; + 7.11.1964. Bought his first camera in 1897. Initially installed in his parents’ home at this address.
1900 Verviers, Place Verte, 2
"Ortmans G." in the directory at this address.
1900 - 1928 ca Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 28<00-08> then 30<09ca-13>
He established himself at this address with one of his sisters. Ortmans went on to enjoy a long career as a photographer, and later, by 1908, as a wholesaler of photographic equipment. On CV dated 1903, "Speciality: enlargements in platinum and carbon". By 1908 he also stocked gramophones and dictation machines. Operated throughout the interwar period, dropping the portrait studio in favour of wholesale supplies.
1906 - 1914 Blankenberghe, Rue des Boulangers, 42
Summer branch studio.
1908 ca - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 97<08ca> or 111<11-14>
Coexisted with Rue de l'Harmonie, 30 and Blankenberge. Initial "J." in some directories.
1913 Wenduyne
Branch studio, undoubtedly operating only during the summer tourist season.
° 19.3.1881; + 7.11.1964. Bought his first camera in 1897. Initially installed in his parents’ home at this address.
1900 Verviers, Place Verte, 2
"Ortmans G." in the directory at this address.
1900 - 1928 ca Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 28<00-08> then 30<09ca-13>
He established himself at this address with one of his sisters. Ortmans went on to enjoy a long career as a photographer, and later, by 1908, as a wholesaler of photographic equipment. On CV dated 1903, "Speciality: enlargements in platinum and carbon". By 1908 he also stocked gramophones and dictation machines. Operated throughout the interwar period, dropping the portrait studio in favour of wholesale supplies.
1906 - 1914 Blankenberghe, Rue des Boulangers, 42
Summer branch studio.
1908 ca - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 97<08ca> or 111<11-14>
Coexisted with Rue de l'Harmonie, 30 and Blankenberge. Initial "J." in some directories.
1913 Wenduyne
Branch studio, undoubtedly operating only during the summer tourist season.
Locations
1897 * - 1899 / Verviers, Pont des Récollets, 124
1900 Verviers, Place Verte, 2
1900 - 1928 ca Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 28<00-08> then 30<09ca-13>
1906 - 1914 Blankenberghe, Rue des Boulangers, 42
1908 ca - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 97<08ca> or 111<11-14>
1913 Wenduyne
1900 Verviers, Place Verte, 2
1900 - 1928 ca Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 28<00-08> then 30<09ca-13>
1906 - 1914 Blankenberghe, Rue des Boulangers, 42
1908 ca - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 97<08ca> or 111<11-14>
1913 Wenduyne
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1905 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3235
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 25.9.2017, 30.12.2017 & 18.11.2018