Remes, Henri

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

Details

Life dates

Antwerp, 1873 - Antwerp, 1944

Activity

1903 - 1914 > Anvers
Henricus Joannes Catharina, ° 30.5.1873; + 8.6.1944. At his wedding in Antwerp on 23.1.1896, recorded as a clerk. Director of the periodical "Licht!", 1902-1903, the first Belgian photographic magazine published in Dutch. Founder member of the "Photo-Club d'Anvers" in 1903 and its president, 1908-1911. One of three members who gave a course of instruction on gum printing, beginning on 14.2.1905. Delegate to the "Union nationale des Sociétés belges de photographie", 1909. First prize winner (500 francs) at the Gevaert competition organized during the Brussels International Exposition in 1910. Honorary member of "Fotografische Kring Iris" in 1913 and still a member of the ABP in 1922. Remes went on to practise the bromoil process. Remained active until the late 1930s.

Locations

1903 - 1914 > Anvers

Exhibitions

Antwerp (CEPSA), 1903; Antwerp, 1910 PCA; Ghent, 1913.

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Affiliations

Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1912 - 1914

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#3579

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 10.8.2017, 15.2.2018 & 29.9.2018, based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 17.4.2019, 3.12.2019 & 5.6.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 18.9.2020, 17.10.2023 & 20.7.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 9.2.2021 & 18.2.2021 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 9.7.2020, 9.5.2023 & 22.2.2024

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