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Wilmotte, Joseph
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Liège, 1834 - Visé, 1893
Activity
1878 - 1893 + Liège
Jean Joseph Baptiste, ° 14.5.1834; + 19.5.1893. Industrialist. Manufacturer of silverware and of gilt bronzeware. Member of the "Gilde de Saint Thomas et Saint Luc" from 1874 onwards. Joseph and his son Georges took part in outings by the Guild, taking turns in using a camera; "Whether it was a question of fixing an architectural detail, a notable piece of metalware, or a general view of a monument, we would immediately call on the good offices and the skill of the two Wilmottes, and always successfully. If the weather was overcast or the gloom inside churches required a longer exposure, our two operators spared neither patience nor their habitual good humour, even if it meant returning late for dinner long after the rest of the company had been comfortably seated" (Bulletin de la Gilde de Saint Thomas et Saint Luc, vol. 9&, 1893, p. 181). He experimented photographic enamels in 1886 and snapshots taken on a train moving at 45 km per hour. Member of the ABP from 12.3.1878. Vice-president of the Liège section of the ABP from 1879 until 1881. Not in ABP membership lists from 1889 to 1892. Erroneously "Wilmotte G." in 1888 and 1893 (i.e. his son Georges).
Jean Joseph Baptiste, ° 14.5.1834; + 19.5.1893. Industrialist. Manufacturer of silverware and of gilt bronzeware. Member of the "Gilde de Saint Thomas et Saint Luc" from 1874 onwards. Joseph and his son Georges took part in outings by the Guild, taking turns in using a camera; "Whether it was a question of fixing an architectural detail, a notable piece of metalware, or a general view of a monument, we would immediately call on the good offices and the skill of the two Wilmottes, and always successfully. If the weather was overcast or the gloom inside churches required a longer exposure, our two operators spared neither patience nor their habitual good humour, even if it meant returning late for dinner long after the rest of the company had been comfortably seated" (Bulletin de la Gilde de Saint Thomas et Saint Luc, vol. 9&, 1893, p. 181). He experimented photographic enamels in 1886 and snapshots taken on a train moving at 45 km per hour. Member of the ABP from 12.3.1878. Vice-president of the Liège section of the ABP from 1879 until 1881. Not in ABP membership lists from 1889 to 1892. Erroneously "Wilmotte G." in 1888 and 1893 (i.e. his son Georges).
Locations
1878 - 1893 + Liège
Exhibitions
Liège, 1892.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
De MOFFARTS d’HOUCHENEE, Alain. L’atelier d’orfèvrerie néo-gothique Wilmotte à Liège. Joseph Wilmotte (1834-1893), un orfèvre au service d’une idéologie, Louvain-la-Neuve, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, 1992 (unpublished dissertation).
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1878 - 1893
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4789
Identity of institution
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 21.7.2018 & 9.4.2020; SFJ revised 9.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght