Willems, Frans

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Person (Male)

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  • Amateur / Connected

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Life dates

Antwerp, 1877 - Edegem, 1945

Activity

1901 - 1907 Anvers
Franciscus Georgius Joannes Antonius Ernestus, ° 4.6.1877; + 13.1.1945. First name sometimes spelled "Franz". After failed law studies became a clerk. Husband of writer Marie Gevers (° Edegem, 30.12.1883; + Edegem, 9.3.1975) and brother-in-law of Auguste Demblon (see that name). Shareholder, together with Demblon, in the photographic supply house of "Edmond Bastyns & Cie", founded on 1.3.1902. Marie Gevers inherited a fortune when her father, a sugar baron, died in 1907. Following their wedding in 1908, the couple moved to Missenburg (or Mussenborg) castle in Edegem. At which point Willems seems to have abandoned his commercial and photographic interests in favour of fine-art painting.

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1901 - 1907 Anvers

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

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Member of

Dates of affiliation

1901 - 1907

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#4779

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 6.8.2017; SFJ revised 10.5.2020 & 22.1.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 18.2.2021 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MD revised 25.11.2020 & 26.3.2024

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