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Claerhout - Speeckaert, Gustaaf (Gustave)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Deinze, 1874 - Deinze, 1956
Activity
1898 ca - 1914 > Deinze, Rue de l'Octroi, 14
Predecessor: Speeckaert Henri
Officially Gustaef (according to descendants), ° 4.10.1874; + 9.12.1956. Brother-in-law of Henri Speeckaert (see that name). Originally a baker. "Draughtsman" on CVs. On later advertising card "art and industrial photography since 1895". Following the death of his first wife Emma Speeckaert (° Deinze, 6.8.1873; + Deinze, 17.8.1910), Gustaaf Claerhout married Louisa Lecluyse and the signature on card mounts was altered accordingly to "Claerhout - Lecluyse". Operating at Tolpoortstraat, 18 [= Rue de l'Octroi] from 1919, he remained active through the interwar period and was succeeded by his son Abel (° Deinze, 15.7.1900; + 1988). Studio Claerhout remains active under the management of fourth-generation family members. An exhibition "Studio Claerhout: Kroniek van een fotografengeslacht 1895-...", surveying the studio's history, was held in the "Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek" in 2013.
Predecessor: Speeckaert Henri
Officially Gustaef (according to descendants), ° 4.10.1874; + 9.12.1956. Brother-in-law of Henri Speeckaert (see that name). Originally a baker. "Draughtsman" on CVs. On later advertising card "art and industrial photography since 1895". Following the death of his first wife Emma Speeckaert (° Deinze, 6.8.1873; + Deinze, 17.8.1910), Gustaaf Claerhout married Louisa Lecluyse and the signature on card mounts was altered accordingly to "Claerhout - Lecluyse". Operating at Tolpoortstraat, 18 [= Rue de l'Octroi] from 1919, he remained active through the interwar period and was succeeded by his son Abel (° Deinze, 15.7.1900; + 1988). Studio Claerhout remains active under the management of fourth-generation family members. An exhibition "Studio Claerhout: Kroniek van een fotografengeslacht 1895-...", surveying the studio's history, was held in the "Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek" in 2013.
Locations
1898 ca - 1914 > Deinze, Rue de l'Octroi, 14
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
http://historiek.studioclaerhout.be/tentoonstelling/ (accessed 15.7.2019)
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#698
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 18.7.2017 & 3.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; revised 16.1.2019, 15.7.2019 & 26.8.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 8.2.2021 based on information supplied by Pool Andries & 3.5.2022