Dupont Studio is a Belgian photographic studio founded by Henri Louis Aimé DUPONT (born in 1839), arrived from Ghent in 1863, established at 21 Rue Blaes, in Bruxelles, then Rue des Minimes 19 bis in 1864, before moving to 67 rue Neuve in October 1864. He married to Dorothée Jeanne Louise DETOURNAY (1838 - 1900) in 1864, some of his photograph's were signed "Mr & Mme Dupont" around 1866. Photographer to the diplomatic corps, to the great bodies of state, the magistrature, the army, the ministries, the public administrations, the world of letters, science and the arts, etc. Publisher of the Panthéon Belge. Henri DUPONT left for Paris on in November 1874. They divorced in 1877. In Paris, Henri continued his career as a photographer, perhaps operating with or for a brother named Aimé DUPONT (1841 - 1900). The latter founded the firm of "Aimé Dupont & Cie" and, described as a "sculptor and art photographer", operated at Avenue des Champs-Elysées, 28 in the 1870s. He acquired "Photographie Waléry", Rue de Londres, 9 bis in 1880. In 1881, Aimé DUPONT acquired a brick works which went bankrupt in 1884 or 1885. Thereafter he emigrated to the USA where he became a prominent theatrical photographer in New York. In the meantime, there is further trace of Henri DUPONT in Paris, at Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, 42 as a "publisher and photographer" and Henri DUPONT, "Photographe des Ecoles", at Rue de Buci, 11 in 1890. After the separation and divorce, Madame DUPONT continued running the studio under the same name, aided by her son Georges, who was domiciled with her until his marriage in 1895. "Photographer to their Royal Highnesses the Count and the Countess of Flanders" was insribed on the photographs from 1884 to 1888, "Pose by natural or electric light". Founder member of the ABP: "Dupont", no first name until 1881 but de facto the first female member of the ABP; "Mme Dupont" in 1882-1883 membership lists and on 1884 file card. Following the death of his mother, Georges probably closed down this studio and transferred operations exclusively to his own studio in Rue Royale.