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Buyle, Ferdinand
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Roubaix [Nord, F], 1872 - Brussels - Watermael-Boitsfort, 1950
Activity
1893 ca Lokeren, Rue des Ecoles, 50
° 25.4.1872; + 21.6.1950. Elder brother of Gustave (see that name) and father of painter Robert Buyle (1895-1976). Studied at the academies of Lokeren and Ghent.
1894 - 1896 Lokeren, Rue de l'Eglise
1895 - 1914 Saint-Nicolas-Waes, Rue de la Station
In 1913-1914 directories "Buyle", no street address.
1896 * Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 21
Predecessor: Le Bon Louis Ferdinand
Requested authorisation on 24.12.1896 to hang a business sign "Artistic association Ferdinand Buyle, main studio in Saint-Nicolas".
1900 * - 1920 > Anvers, Place de Meir, 6<00-07>, 117<04-10> or 129<11-20>
Predecessor: Deton - Cornand Eugène & Césarine #
Two studios must have been running concurrently at different ends of the Meir for several years. Buyle entrusted the running of the Antwerp operation to his brother in law Arthur De Maeyer in 1902. The 1913 Monod directory still listed no. 6 but we have no corroborating sources. Buyle was still recorded at no. 129 in the 1937 population register.
1902 - 1909 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 104
Enlargements and improvements. Co-existed with Anvers, Place de Meir, 117.
1902 - 1909 Anvers, Place Teniers, 4
Marynen Jean (& Cie) #
The studio at this address was listed as a branch of Ferdinand Buyle from 1903 to 1909 in the Ratinckx Directory, but seems to have traded under the name "Frantz" (see that name) throughout this period. Ferdinand Buyle requested a building permit at this address on 24.9.1901, but it was in fact his brother Gustave (see that name) who lived at this address from 31.5.1902 until 6.12.1902. Subsequently the operator here must have been Karl Klein (° Friedland [D], 21.9.1877), who was recorded as a photographer in the Antwerp population register and resided here from 3.12.1902 until 18.10.1912.
1909 * - 1914 > Bruxelles, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 48a<10-13>, 58<13> or 57a<14>
Announced the transfer of his studio from Marché aux Herbes, 104 to "Porte de Schaerbeek, corner of Boulevard Botanique" on 14.11.1909. "Main branch". Initial "A." in the 1910 Mertens directory. At this address "looking for young female apprentices" (undefined, 18.2.1910). Still operating at this address throughout the interwar years as one of the most exclusive portrait studios in Belgium.
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marché aux Herbes, 62 (& 84<13>)
Photograph dealer at no. 62. Both addresses described as showrooms in the 1913 Monod directory.
° 25.4.1872; + 21.6.1950. Elder brother of Gustave (see that name) and father of painter Robert Buyle (1895-1976). Studied at the academies of Lokeren and Ghent.
1894 - 1896 Lokeren, Rue de l'Eglise
1895 - 1914 Saint-Nicolas-Waes, Rue de la Station
In 1913-1914 directories "Buyle", no street address.
1896 * Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 21
Predecessor: Le Bon Louis Ferdinand
Requested authorisation on 24.12.1896 to hang a business sign "Artistic association Ferdinand Buyle, main studio in Saint-Nicolas".
1900 * - 1920 > Anvers, Place de Meir, 6<00-07>, 117<04-10> or 129<11-20>
Predecessor: Deton - Cornand Eugène & Césarine #
Two studios must have been running concurrently at different ends of the Meir for several years. Buyle entrusted the running of the Antwerp operation to his brother in law Arthur De Maeyer in 1902. The 1913 Monod directory still listed no. 6 but we have no corroborating sources. Buyle was still recorded at no. 129 in the 1937 population register.
1902 - 1909 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 104
Enlargements and improvements. Co-existed with Anvers, Place de Meir, 117.
1902 - 1909 Anvers, Place Teniers, 4
Marynen Jean (& Cie) #
The studio at this address was listed as a branch of Ferdinand Buyle from 1903 to 1909 in the Ratinckx Directory, but seems to have traded under the name "Frantz" (see that name) throughout this period. Ferdinand Buyle requested a building permit at this address on 24.9.1901, but it was in fact his brother Gustave (see that name) who lived at this address from 31.5.1902 until 6.12.1902. Subsequently the operator here must have been Karl Klein (° Friedland [D], 21.9.1877), who was recorded as a photographer in the Antwerp population register and resided here from 3.12.1902 until 18.10.1912.
1909 * - 1914 > Bruxelles, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 48a<10-13>, 58<13> or 57a<14>
Announced the transfer of his studio from Marché aux Herbes, 104 to "Porte de Schaerbeek, corner of Boulevard Botanique" on 14.11.1909. "Main branch". Initial "A." in the 1910 Mertens directory. At this address "looking for young female apprentices" (undefined, 18.2.1910). Still operating at this address throughout the interwar years as one of the most exclusive portrait studios in Belgium.
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marché aux Herbes, 62 (& 84<13>)
Photograph dealer at no. 62. Both addresses described as showrooms in the 1913 Monod directory.
Locations
1893 ca Lokeren, Rue des Ecoles, 50
1894 - 1896 Lokeren, Rue de l'Eglise
1895 - 1914 Saint-Nicolas-Waes, Rue de la Station
1896 * Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 21
1900 * - 1920 > Anvers, Place de Meir, 6<00-07>, 117<04-10> or 129<11-20>
1902 - 1909 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 104
1902 - 1909 Anvers, Place Teniers, 4
1909 * - 1914 > Bruxelles, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 48a<10-13>, 58<13> or 57a<14>
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marché aux Herbes, 62 (& 84<13>)
1894 - 1896 Lokeren, Rue de l'Eglise
1895 - 1914 Saint-Nicolas-Waes, Rue de la Station
1896 * Bruges, Rue Sud du Sablon, 21
1900 * - 1920 > Anvers, Place de Meir, 6<00-07>, 117<04-10> or 129<11-20>
1902 - 1909 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 104
1902 - 1909 Anvers, Place Teniers, 4
1909 * - 1914 > Bruxelles, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 48a<10-13>, 58<13> or 57a<14>
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue du Marché aux Herbes, 62 (& 84<13>)
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1910 (diploma of honour); Ghent, 1913 (portraits in heliogravure; diploma of honour).
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#541
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 30.6.2017, 28.12.2017, 29.1.2018 & 3.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 5.3.2019 & 18.4.2019; SFJ revised 4.10.2020 & 15.12.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 16.2.2023; MD revised 19.5.2020, 23.6.2020, 29.6.2020, 8.9.2020, 20.7.2022, 4.8.2022 & 8.6.2023; SFJ revised 15.8.2023