Printed: 2024-04-27
Smaelen, François
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Brussels, 1839 - Éprave, 1912
Activity
1899 - 1903 Verviers
° 15.4.1839; + 30.6.1912. Banker. President of the "Photo-Club de Verviers" until 1902, then honorary president in 1903. Central figure behind the affiliation of this club to the ABP, thereby constituting its Verviers section.
1903 - 1909 Liège
Official ("agent") of the National Bank. Vice-president of the Liège section of the ABP in 1905 and president in 1906. Member of the jury for Group 12 'Photography' at the 1905 Liège international exhibition. Excursions to Villers-la-Ville. Visits to Sicily, Gorges du Tarn, Rocamadour, etc.
1910 - 1912 + Éprave
° 15.4.1839; + 30.6.1912. Banker. President of the "Photo-Club de Verviers" until 1902, then honorary president in 1903. Central figure behind the affiliation of this club to the ABP, thereby constituting its Verviers section.
1903 - 1909 Liège
Official ("agent") of the National Bank. Vice-president of the Liège section of the ABP in 1905 and president in 1906. Member of the jury for Group 12 'Photography' at the 1905 Liège international exhibition. Excursions to Villers-la-Ville. Visits to Sicily, Gorges du Tarn, Rocamadour, etc.
1910 - 1912 + Éprave
Locations
1899 - 1903 Verviers
1903 - 1909 Liège
1910 - 1912 + Éprave
1903 - 1909 Liège
1910 - 1912 + Éprave
Exhibitions
Verviers, 1899; Louvain, 1900 (first prize).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1903 - 1912
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3898
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.4.2017; SFJ revised 19.7.2020, 6.3.2021 & 27.4.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 1.3.2023