Printed: 2024-04-24
Otten, Prosper
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Portraits Otten
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Andrimont, 1879 - Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1928
Activity
1906 * - 1907 / Bruxelles, Rue Van Helmont, 21 or 41
Prosper Léopold, ° 3.12.1879; + July 1928. Arrived at this address (no. 41) on 15.1.1906 and left for Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16 on 22.6.1907. Advertised crayon portraits here. There might be a family connection with Joseph Michel Otten (° Brussels, 2.1.1846), recorded as a photographer in Brussels in February 1878 and July 1881 and, at his wedding on 8.1.1887, resident in Brussels, Rue Vander Elst, 6.
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue des Fleuristes, 17
1907 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16
Enlargements. Already advertising crayon portraits at this address in May 1907. Recorded as a photographer at this address on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 27.10.1909.
1912 - 1913 Bruxelles, Rue Antoine Dansaert, 81<12> or 33<12-13>
Advertising here in June 1912, when it was reported that the business had no branches (Gazette de Charleroi, 23.6.1912). "The Artistic Portrait Company" was already advertising enlargements here in May 1912 (Le Matin, 5.5.1912); this was most likely Otten.
1912 * - 1913 Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 195
Advertising here in October 1912.
1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Midi, 126
Active in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue de Quatrecht, 28 from 1923 until his death. Reportedly committed suicide there by hanging.
Prosper Léopold, ° 3.12.1879; + July 1928. Arrived at this address (no. 41) on 15.1.1906 and left for Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16 on 22.6.1907. Advertised crayon portraits here. There might be a family connection with Joseph Michel Otten (° Brussels, 2.1.1846), recorded as a photographer in Brussels in February 1878 and July 1881 and, at his wedding on 8.1.1887, resident in Brussels, Rue Vander Elst, 6.
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue des Fleuristes, 17
1907 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16
Enlargements. Already advertising crayon portraits at this address in May 1907. Recorded as a photographer at this address on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 27.10.1909.
1912 - 1913 Bruxelles, Rue Antoine Dansaert, 81<12> or 33<12-13>
Advertising here in June 1912, when it was reported that the business had no branches (Gazette de Charleroi, 23.6.1912). "The Artistic Portrait Company" was already advertising enlargements here in May 1912 (Le Matin, 5.5.1912); this was most likely Otten.
1912 * - 1913 Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 195
Advertising here in October 1912.
1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Midi, 126
Active in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue de Quatrecht, 28 from 1923 until his death. Reportedly committed suicide there by hanging.
Locations
1906 * - 1907 / Bruxelles, Rue Van Helmont, 21 or 41
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue des Fleuristes, 17
1907 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16
1912 - 1913 Bruxelles, Rue Antoine Dansaert, 81<12> or 33<12-13>
1912 * - 1913 Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 195
1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Midi, 126
1906 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue des Fleuristes, 17
1907 * - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue Philippe de Champagne, 16
1912 - 1913 Bruxelles, Rue Antoine Dansaert, 81<12> or 33<12-13>
1912 * - 1913 Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 195
1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Midi, 126
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3243
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 5.2.2018 & 16.5.2018; revised 31.5.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 14.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 20.10.2020, 18.11.2020, 25.3.2021 & 16.2.2024