Printed: 2021-04-20
Tietz, Leonhard
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Antwerp Gallery (in Place de Meir)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Birnbaum [Province Posen, Prussia], 1849 - Cologne [D], 1914
Activity
1901 - 1909 Anvers, Marché au Lait, 10-12<01-09>
° 3.3.1849; + 15.11.1914. Tietz was not himself a photographer but the owner of a department store in which a photographic studio was installed. This store opened at the beginning of 1899, but no traces of photographic activity have been found until 1901. Tietz had opened his first shop in Stralsund [Pomerania, D] in 1879. His retail empire expanded rapidly throughout central and western Germany, with department stores opening inter alia in Cologne (1891), Aachen (1892) and Düsseldorf (1899). The business was turned into a joint-stock company in 1905.
1901 * - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-14>
When it opened on 29.4.1901, this became the main store in Antwerp and the shop in Marché au Lait became a branch. The identity of one of the operators here has been recorded: Paul Herman Tschischak (° Berlin [D], 21.6.1880) arrived in Antwerp on 15.6.1901 and was a photographer for Tietz at this address earning 200 francs a month. Listed under photographers in 1903-1913.
1901 - 1914 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
1907 Malines, Rue de Bruul, 46
Photographic supplies.
1908 - 1909 Liège, Rue de l'Université, 17
Probably no in-house photographer in this branch. "For purchases of 5 fr., a portrait in semi-enamel executed by Mr J. Kerckhof, Rue de Gueldre, 4 bis; for purchases of 10 fr., 3 carte-de-visite portraits by the firm of Samson, Rue de l'Université, 26" (La Meuse, 25.7.1908). The sales pitch for a sitting with Samson was repeated in 1909 when a purchase of 10 francs "in a single department" would pave the way for "3 cartes-de-visite or a dozen oranges" (La Meuse, 23.1.1909).
1913 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve
° 3.3.1849; + 15.11.1914. Tietz was not himself a photographer but the owner of a department store in which a photographic studio was installed. This store opened at the beginning of 1899, but no traces of photographic activity have been found until 1901. Tietz had opened his first shop in Stralsund [Pomerania, D] in 1879. His retail empire expanded rapidly throughout central and western Germany, with department stores opening inter alia in Cologne (1891), Aachen (1892) and Düsseldorf (1899). The business was turned into a joint-stock company in 1905.
1901 * - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-14>
When it opened on 29.4.1901, this became the main store in Antwerp and the shop in Marché au Lait became a branch. The identity of one of the operators here has been recorded: Paul Herman Tschischak (° Berlin [D], 21.6.1880) arrived in Antwerp on 15.6.1901 and was a photographer for Tietz at this address earning 200 francs a month. Listed under photographers in 1903-1913.
1901 - 1914 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
1907 Malines, Rue de Bruul, 46
Photographic supplies.
1908 - 1909 Liège, Rue de l'Université, 17
Probably no in-house photographer in this branch. "For purchases of 5 fr., a portrait in semi-enamel executed by Mr J. Kerckhof, Rue de Gueldre, 4 bis; for purchases of 10 fr., 3 carte-de-visite portraits by the firm of Samson, Rue de l'Université, 26" (La Meuse, 25.7.1908). The sales pitch for a sitting with Samson was repeated in 1909 when a purchase of 10 francs "in a single department" would pave the way for "3 cartes-de-visite or a dozen oranges" (La Meuse, 23.1.1909).
1913 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve
Locations
1901 - 1909 Anvers, Marché au Lait, 10-12<01-09>
1901 * - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-14>
1901 - 1914 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
1907 Malines, Rue de Bruul, 46
1908 - 1909 Liège, Rue de l'Université, 17
1913 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve
1901 * - 1914 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-14>
1901 - 1914 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
1907 Malines, Rue de Bruul, 46
1908 - 1909 Liège, Rue de l'Université, 17
1913 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4133
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 31.12.2017 & 6.1.2018; SFJ revised 14.5.2019, 3.8.2020 & 30.10.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 8.9.2020, 21.10.2020 & 18.2.2021