Wientzen, Antoine

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Person (Male)

Alternative name or descriptor

  • Photographie Viennoise (at Rue de l'Harmonie)

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Münster [Westphalia], 1869 - Verviers - Heusy, 1931

Activity

1900 Verviers, Rue de Dison, 42
Antoine Théodore, ° 8.5.1869; + 8.5.1931. CV with suffix "& Co." dated 1.1.1900.
1901 * - 1931 + Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 23<04>, 23-25 or 25<13-14>
Predecessor: Varlet Lucien
Wienzen had been an operator at Varlet’s studio at this address in 1899. He quickly acquired a good reputation as a portraitist. On CVs, "The only studio for copying old photographs". During World War I, the trade name "Photographie Viennoise" was dropped. From 1917, assisted by his son Raymond, known as Gaston, who took over the studio on his father's death.
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Locations

1900 Verviers, Rue de Dison, 42
1901 * - 1931 + Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 23<04>, 23-25 or 25<13-14>

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DIRECTORY_1997#4765

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SFJ revised 26.9.2017, 18.11.2018, 8.8.2023 & 20.8.2023; SFJ revised 2.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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