Printed: 2020-08-11
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
Details
Life dates
Birnbaum [Province Posen, Prussia], 1849 - Cologne [D], 1914
Activity
1901 - 1909 Anvers, Marché au Lait, 10-12 <01-03 sa>
° 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. 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 - 1913 Anvers, Place de Meir 92<04-10> or 82<11-13>
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.
1904 - 1906 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
° 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. 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 - 1913 Anvers, Place de Meir 92<04-10> or 82<11-13>
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.
1904 - 1906 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
Locations
1901 - 1909 Anvers, Marché au Lait, 10-12 <01-03 sa>
1901 - 1913 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-13>
1904 - 1906 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
1901 - 1913 Anvers, Place de Meir, 92<04-10> or 82<11-13>
1904 - 1906 Anvers, Rue Otto-Vénius (offices)
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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 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght