Oury, Guillaume

Identity

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Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

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Life dates

Liège, 1840 - Liège, 1922

Activity

1874 - 1914 > Liège - Cointe, Chalet du Val-Benoît
° 1.5.1840; + 16.8.1922. Person of private means (château owner). Trips to France (Alsace and the Vosges), Italy, Algeria and Tunisia. Genre studies reconstituted in the interior of his mansion, influenced by the precepts of Henry Peach Robinson. Founder member of the ABP. Member of the jury for Group 12 'Photography' at the 1905 Liège international exhibition. Member of the ABP until his death.

Locations

1874 - 1914 > Liège - Cointe, Chalet du Val-Benoît

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1875; Brussels, 1880; Liège, 1892; Antwerp, 1893 ABP (glass slides and stereo views of Algeria); Antwerp, 1894 (silver medal); Maastricht, 1894; Brussels, 1896 ("Georges"); Louvain, 1896; Brussels, 1897 (jury); Brussels, 1898; Nancy, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Brussels, 1902; Antwerp, 1903; Antwerp, 1903 ABP; Liège, 1905.

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1914

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#3248

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SFJ revised 24.4.2017, 3.5.2018 & 29.9.2018 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 27.4.2020, 27.4.2021 & 9.11.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 8.4.2021; MD revised 11.5.2023; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 & 21.7.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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