Van Berkestyn, Jacques

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Category

Person (Male)

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  • Amateur

Details

Life dates

Oosterhout [NL], 1861 - Antwerp, 1943

Activity

1897 - 1914 > Anvers
Jacobus Dominicus Wilhelmus, ° 5.7.1861; + 18.8.1943. Tradesman; previously recorded as a manager at his wedding on 14.2.1895. Gum prints, stereo views. Gave a demonstration at the "Cercle d'études photographiques et scientifiques d'Anvers" in July 1897 after reportedly having won a gold medal at a photography competition organised by the "Ligue Vélocipédique Belge" (Hélios Illustré, 1.8.1897). Member of the photography section of the "Katholieke Kring", 1904-1905. Autochromist from at least December 1909. Gave a slide show with autochromes of Antwerp Park and Zoo to the provisional committee of the 7th Olympiad on 18.2.1914. Secretary of the photographic section of the "Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique d'Anvers". Still a member of the ABP in 1922.

Locations

1897 - 1914 > Anvers

Exhibitions

Brussels, 1898; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Brussels, 1902; Paris, 1903 (gum prints); Antwerp, 1903 ABP; Ghent ABP, 1903; Antwerp, 1904 ABP; Louvain, 1904; Antwerp, 1904/05; Antwerp, 1905 ABP; Liège, 1905; Saint-Quentin, 1907.

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1898 - 1914

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#4220

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 5.8.2017; SFJ revised 24.2.2019, 4.12.2019, 2.11.2020 & 2.6.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 6.3.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 17.6.2023 & 20.7.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 18.6.2020, 11.2.2021, 1.2.2023, 27.2.2023, 9.5.2023 & 17.5.2024

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