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Friday, 24 May 2024

Alexis Vinmer: Belgian Photographer and Artist

Letter sent to Alexis Vinmer's studio, representing 19th-century French-Belgian photography and family legacy.

Back of the correspondence highlighting postal details and historical context of Vinmer Photographe.

Date of use : 1870 France

Alexis Vinmer: Belgian Photographer and Artist

The letter was addressed Vinmer Photographe. His real name is Alexis Vinmer. Etterbeek was born on 8 August 1818 in Brussels, Belgium. (At that time, this region was Dutch territory.) He died in Saint Quentin on December 7, 1908. He was a photographer, painter and musician. He married Julie Triquenaux in 1839. It is said that he had six children from this marriage. His son Albert (1848-1923) took over his father's photography studio. Some of Father Son's photographic works are exhibited in the Antoine Lecuyer museum in Saint-Quentin. It is said that Julliette Roux, featured in French author Octave Mirbeau's book Le Calvaire, is the daughter of Alexis Vinmer.

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