Printed: 2024-04-25
Weck Frères, [H. & T.]
Identity
Category
Partnership
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photométachrome Compagnie (in Brussels - Uccle)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Activity
1895 - 1908 Bruxelles, Rue Blaes, 28
Predecessor: Vander Elst [E.] & Gabler [J.] #
Hermann Arnould and Corneille Théodore (° Koblenz [Prussia], 5.10.1868), twin sons of Arnold. Photographers, photomechanical printers and photograph dealers. Collotype printing works. "Artistic printing, archaeological and industrial work. 'In Memoriam' souvenirs, menus" [Rozez, 1896]. On the occasion of Théodore's wedding in Brussels on 25.10.1899, both brothers were described as printers. Whereas on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 1.5.1901, Hermann was recorded as a photographer resident at this address whilst his brother Théodore was described as a printer.
1909 - 1914 Bruxelles - Uccle, Avenue des Chalets, 15-25
Collotype printing and photoengraving, under the trade name "Photométachrome Compagnie". "Same firm in London and Rotterdam. Collotype, photoengraving and photolithography in black and white and colour" [Mertens, 1912].
Predecessor: Vander Elst [E.] & Gabler [J.] #
Hermann Arnould and Corneille Théodore (° Koblenz [Prussia], 5.10.1868), twin sons of Arnold. Photographers, photomechanical printers and photograph dealers. Collotype printing works. "Artistic printing, archaeological and industrial work. 'In Memoriam' souvenirs, menus" [Rozez, 1896]. On the occasion of Théodore's wedding in Brussels on 25.10.1899, both brothers were described as printers. Whereas on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels on 1.5.1901, Hermann was recorded as a photographer resident at this address whilst his brother Théodore was described as a printer.
1909 - 1914 Bruxelles - Uccle, Avenue des Chalets, 15-25
Collotype printing and photoengraving, under the trade name "Photométachrome Compagnie". "Same firm in London and Rotterdam. Collotype, photoengraving and photolithography in black and white and colour" [Mertens, 1912].
Locations
1895 - 1908 Bruxelles, Rue Blaes, 28
1909 - 1914 Bruxelles - Uccle, Avenue des Chalets, 15-25
1909 - 1914 Bruxelles - Uccle, Avenue des Chalets, 15-25
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1897.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1903 - 1905
Description of relationship
Membership in the name of Hermann Weck.
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4734
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 7.2.2018, 19.5.2018 & 31.12.2018; SFJ revised 9.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 3.8.2021