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Otto, Wilhelm
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Artistique et Industrielle (in Chaussée d'Anvers)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Darmstadt [D], 1820 - Brussels - Laeken, 1896
Activity
1868 ca - 1871 ca Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Dupont, 10
° 22.11.1820; + 19.5.1896. On CV "Gme Otto Fils" at this address, this was most likely "Wilhelm" Julius Valentin (° Darmstadt [D], 9.4.1850; + Düsseldorf [D], 1.2.1890), a son of Wilhelm senior.
1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146
Owner of a photomechanical printing works headquartered in Düsseldorf [D], Schadowstrasse, 42 from 1872. This business, specialising in collotype printing, ran a branch in Brussels which was in operation for twenty years in the 1880s and 1890s. An obituary of W. Otto (junior) appeared in the "Bulletin de l'ABP" in February 1890, p. 218: "a child of Brussels, expatriated several years before his death and who ran a photographic establishment in Düsseldorf". His widow Katharina continued running the business as "Photographische Anstalt und Atelier für Lichtdruckbilder" while maintaining Wilhelm Otto as a trade name. Petrus Otto, another son of Wilhelm Otto senior, was a shareholder and the director from 1895 to 1908. Corresponding member ("Wilhelm Otto") of the ABP at the Düsseldorf address from 1882 until 1901.
1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95>
Collotype.
1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331
Photogravure, halftone and collotype. "Portrait studio on the ground floor". Wilhelm senior was recorded as a photographer domiciled at this address on his death certificate. It was signed by his son Pierre (Petrus) Otto and Léon Fouassin (° Léré [Cher, F], 25.9.1863). Both witnesses were recorded as photographers, Petrus was domiciled in Düsseldorf [D] and Fouassin in Brussels - Laeken, he was most likely an operator for the studio (also see entry for Christine Otto). Still listed here in 1898.
1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23
Wilhelm's daughter Christine Otto (see that name) arrived here from Brussels - Laeken on 18.1.1897 and left for Brussels - Schaerbeek on 18.4.1898. She was accompanied by Léon Fouassin. Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name.
1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73
Predecessor: T'Syen H. # Successor: Houben H. #
The final address where Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name.
° 22.11.1820; + 19.5.1896. On CV "Gme Otto Fils" at this address, this was most likely "Wilhelm" Julius Valentin (° Darmstadt [D], 9.4.1850; + Düsseldorf [D], 1.2.1890), a son of Wilhelm senior.
1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146
Owner of a photomechanical printing works headquartered in Düsseldorf [D], Schadowstrasse, 42 from 1872. This business, specialising in collotype printing, ran a branch in Brussels which was in operation for twenty years in the 1880s and 1890s. An obituary of W. Otto (junior) appeared in the "Bulletin de l'ABP" in February 1890, p. 218: "a child of Brussels, expatriated several years before his death and who ran a photographic establishment in Düsseldorf". His widow Katharina continued running the business as "Photographische Anstalt und Atelier für Lichtdruckbilder" while maintaining Wilhelm Otto as a trade name. Petrus Otto, another son of Wilhelm Otto senior, was a shareholder and the director from 1895 to 1908. Corresponding member ("Wilhelm Otto") of the ABP at the Düsseldorf address from 1882 until 1901.
1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95>
Collotype.
1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331
Photogravure, halftone and collotype. "Portrait studio on the ground floor". Wilhelm senior was recorded as a photographer domiciled at this address on his death certificate. It was signed by his son Pierre (Petrus) Otto and Léon Fouassin (° Léré [Cher, F], 25.9.1863). Both witnesses were recorded as photographers, Petrus was domiciled in Düsseldorf [D] and Fouassin in Brussels - Laeken, he was most likely an operator for the studio (also see entry for Christine Otto). Still listed here in 1898.
1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23
Wilhelm's daughter Christine Otto (see that name) arrived here from Brussels - Laeken on 18.1.1897 and left for Brussels - Schaerbeek on 18.4.1898. She was accompanied by Léon Fouassin. Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name.
1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73
Predecessor: T'Syen H. # Successor: Houben H. #
The final address where Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name.
Locations
1868 ca - 1871 ca Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Dupont, 10
1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146
1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95>
1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331
1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23
1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73
1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146
1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95>
1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331
1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23
1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1882 - 1901
Description of relationship
Membership was retained by Wilhelm Otto's offspring for several years after his death.
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3247
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 8.12.2018; SFJ revised 5.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.4.2022 & 28.4.2022