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Tecqmenne, Theo.
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Grande Photographie d'Art (in Termonde)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1874 - Dendermonde, 1956
Activity
1899 - 1901 / Anvers, Longue Rue d'Argile, 114 or 112
Predecessor: Van den Eynde Pierre (at no. 112)
Joseph Théodore, ° 4.12.1874; + 11.1.1956. Son of Evariste Tecqmenne, military engineer and committed photographer. Abandoned the opportunity of a military career in favour of photography. Officially registered at this address, coming from Termonde, on 17.11.1900. Operator for or apprentice with Pierre Van den Eynde here before becoming his successor by December 1900, according to card mount dated 19.12.1900. On CV, "gold medal, 1899". On the occasion of his wedding in Termonde on 20.10.1900, Tecqmenne was recorded as a photographer living in Antwerp. Left for Brussels - Forest on 8.7.1901.
1903 - 1914 Termonde, Rue de Bruxelles, 100<03-09>
May have previously operated for a short period at Percée de la Gare. Also sold cameras for amateurs at this address. Held as a prisoner of war at the outbreak of World War I, Tecqmenne escaped in January 1915 and reached Paris [F] via neutral Netherlands. During World War I he operated a studio in Paris under the trade name "Photographie des Alliés". On his return to Termonde in 1921, he began trading again as "Grande Photographie Parisienne". Active until 1934. Letterhead of successor partnership between brothers Octave & Evarist Tecqmenne, registered in 1931, states "Firm founded in Termonde in 1900". The studio is now run by a fourth-generation Tecqmenne, also named Octave.
Predecessor: Van den Eynde Pierre (at no. 112)
Joseph Théodore, ° 4.12.1874; + 11.1.1956. Son of Evariste Tecqmenne, military engineer and committed photographer. Abandoned the opportunity of a military career in favour of photography. Officially registered at this address, coming from Termonde, on 17.11.1900. Operator for or apprentice with Pierre Van den Eynde here before becoming his successor by December 1900, according to card mount dated 19.12.1900. On CV, "gold medal, 1899". On the occasion of his wedding in Termonde on 20.10.1900, Tecqmenne was recorded as a photographer living in Antwerp. Left for Brussels - Forest on 8.7.1901.
1903 - 1914 Termonde, Rue de Bruxelles, 100<03-09>
May have previously operated for a short period at Percée de la Gare. Also sold cameras for amateurs at this address. Held as a prisoner of war at the outbreak of World War I, Tecqmenne escaped in January 1915 and reached Paris [F] via neutral Netherlands. During World War I he operated a studio in Paris under the trade name "Photographie des Alliés". On his return to Termonde in 1921, he began trading again as "Grande Photographie Parisienne". Active until 1934. Letterhead of successor partnership between brothers Octave & Evarist Tecqmenne, registered in 1931, states "Firm founded in Termonde in 1900". The studio is now run by a fourth-generation Tecqmenne, also named Octave.
Locations
1899 - 1901 / Anvers, Longue Rue d'Argile, 114 or 112
1903 - 1914 Termonde, Rue de Bruxelles, 100<03-09>
1903 - 1914 Termonde, Rue de Bruxelles, 100<03-09>
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4073
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 7.1.2018 & 16.1.2016, partly based on information supplied by Octave Tecqmenne (email dated 9.1.2018) & 4.2.2018, based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ further revised 21.4.2018 & 23.11.2018; MD revised 20.4.2021 & 27.10.2021; SFJ revised 8.2.2023; SFJ revised 28.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght