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Société Photographique de Courtrai
Identity
Category
Collective
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Activity
1892 * - 1897 / Courtrai, Ecole Industrielle
President: Frédéric d'Hont; Vice-Presidents: Léon Ovelacq, Emile Vandesteene; Secretary: Maurice Declerck; Treasurer: Albéric Goethals. 39 members in 1894. Organized a joint exhibition with the "Cercle Photographique de Bruges" which was held first in Courtrai in August 1894 and then in Bruges in December 1894. In a step unique amongst autonomous photography clubs in Belgium, members of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai" moved to transform their club into the Courtrai section of the "Association belge de Photographie" at a meeting on 26.1.1897 with immediate effect. Frédéric d'Hont retained the presidency. Vice presidents: Emile Vandesteene and Maurice Declerck; Secretary: Romain Ickx.
President: Frédéric d'Hont; Vice-Presidents: Léon Ovelacq, Emile Vandesteene; Secretary: Maurice Declerck; Treasurer: Albéric Goethals. 39 members in 1894. Organized a joint exhibition with the "Cercle Photographique de Bruges" which was held first in Courtrai in August 1894 and then in Bruges in December 1894. In a step unique amongst autonomous photography clubs in Belgium, members of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai" moved to transform their club into the Courtrai section of the "Association belge de Photographie" at a meeting on 26.1.1897 with immediate effect. Frédéric d'Hont retained the presidency. Vice presidents: Emile Vandesteene and Maurice Declerck; Secretary: Romain Ickx.
Locations
1892 * - 1897 / Courtrai, Ecole Industrielle
Exhibitions
Lille, 1893 (silver medal); Ixelles, 1895.
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3929
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 9.3.2019; SFJ revised 22.9.2019, 26.6.2020, 30.10.2020 & 9.11.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght