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Wolff, Oscar
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie du Midi (at Rue de Fiennes)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Verviers, 1870 - ?, 1941
Activity
1894 ca Verviers, Rue des Ecoles
Nicolas Joseph Oscar, ° 16.1.1870; + February 1941. Sometimes spelled “Wolf”. Portrait studio at this address. The studio coexisted with a Brussels studio at an unspecified address, quite possibly Rue Paul Devaux, and then with the studio at Rue de Fiennes, 27. Also see entry for the partnership "De Mans, [Alp.] & Wolff, [Os.]".
1894 ca Bruxelles, Rue Paul Devaux, 16
Predecessor: Poëtte G. & Cie Successor: Maurin François
Ink-stamped CV; “& Cie” at this address.
1895 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue de Fiennes, 27
Cameras and general supplies for photographers. Photographic papers. Recorded as a photographer at this address on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht on 18.12.1895. On CV, "Art portraits on simili ivory celluloid", c. 1898. Variable spelling on CVs, "Wolf" or "Wolff". Sometimes "Wolff, G." or "D." in the directories. Listed at this address until 1921.
Thereafter listed in Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1923-1924; Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1925-1931; Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1932 onwards. Still recorded as a photographer at this same address in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Avenue Emile Zola, 26 or at Rue Iwan Gilkin, 11 (a short walk away) when Wolff died. The 1939 entry for Avenue Emile Zola listed both industrial photography and the trade name "Focira" for photographic supplies. An advertisement in April 1941 indicated that the studio was still operating in Rue Iwan Gilkin after Wolff’s death, possibly under his widow’s management.
Nicolas Joseph Oscar, ° 16.1.1870; + February 1941. Sometimes spelled “Wolf”. Portrait studio at this address. The studio coexisted with a Brussels studio at an unspecified address, quite possibly Rue Paul Devaux, and then with the studio at Rue de Fiennes, 27. Also see entry for the partnership "De Mans, [Alp.] & Wolff, [Os.]".
1894 ca Bruxelles, Rue Paul Devaux, 16
Predecessor: Poëtte G. & Cie Successor: Maurin François
Ink-stamped CV; “& Cie” at this address.
1895 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue de Fiennes, 27
Cameras and general supplies for photographers. Photographic papers. Recorded as a photographer at this address on the occasion of his wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht on 18.12.1895. On CV, "Art portraits on simili ivory celluloid", c. 1898. Variable spelling on CVs, "Wolf" or "Wolff". Sometimes "Wolff, G." or "D." in the directories. Listed at this address until 1921.
Thereafter listed in Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1923-1924; Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1925-1931; Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1932 onwards. Still recorded as a photographer at this same address in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Avenue Emile Zola, 26 or at Rue Iwan Gilkin, 11 (a short walk away) when Wolff died. The 1939 entry for Avenue Emile Zola listed both industrial photography and the trade name "Focira" for photographic supplies. An advertisement in April 1941 indicated that the studio was still operating in Rue Iwan Gilkin after Wolff’s death, possibly under his widow’s management.
Locations
1894 ca Verviers, Rue des Ecoles
1894 ca Bruxelles, Rue Paul Devaux, 16
1895 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue de Fiennes, 27
1894 ca Bruxelles, Rue Paul Devaux, 16
1895 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue de Fiennes, 27
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4808
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 7.2.2018, 1.6.2019 & 19.9.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 12.11.2020; SFJ revised 16.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 21.1.2024 based on information supplied by Frank Driesen