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Clerbois, Laure
Identity
Category
Person (Female)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Klary
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Brussels - Ixelles, 1859 - Los Angeles [California, USA], 1944
Activity
1891 - 1898 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de la Longue Haie, 23 or 29<92-98>
Anna "Laure" Hansotte, ° 11.8.1859; + 22.11.1944. At her wedding to Léon Philippe Louis Désiré Marie Clerbois (° Brussels, 7.8.1858; + Los Angeles [California, USA], 22.12.1945), a clerk, in Brussels on 6.11.1880, she was described as an artist-painter domiciled in Brussels and resident in Roubaix [Nord, F]. This was where her parents were operating a photography studio (see entry for Mr & Mme Hansotte). Enamels and miniatures, specialised in aristotype portraits at this address.
1893 - 1902 Bruxelles, Place Royale, 12
For her subsequent pre-World War I career, see entry for Madame L[éon] Clerbois - Klary & Fils. Léon Clerbois subsequently became head clerk in the Brussels communal administration. The couple's later years after World War I took an unorthodox turn. Léo Klary, aka Léon Clerbois, "emigrated about 12 years ago to America where he settled in Florida and travelled to Hollywood, giving French lessons, taking photographs and even making films. Before his departure, consecutive to retirement, he added to his function as a clerk in the Brussels communal administration the practice of photographic art with which his wife was mainly associated" (Le Soir, 25.12.1931).
Anna "Laure" Hansotte, ° 11.8.1859; + 22.11.1944. At her wedding to Léon Philippe Louis Désiré Marie Clerbois (° Brussels, 7.8.1858; + Los Angeles [California, USA], 22.12.1945), a clerk, in Brussels on 6.11.1880, she was described as an artist-painter domiciled in Brussels and resident in Roubaix [Nord, F]. This was where her parents were operating a photography studio (see entry for Mr & Mme Hansotte). Enamels and miniatures, specialised in aristotype portraits at this address.
1893 - 1902 Bruxelles, Place Royale, 12
For her subsequent pre-World War I career, see entry for Madame L[éon] Clerbois - Klary & Fils. Léon Clerbois subsequently became head clerk in the Brussels communal administration. The couple's later years after World War I took an unorthodox turn. Léo Klary, aka Léon Clerbois, "emigrated about 12 years ago to America where he settled in Florida and travelled to Hollywood, giving French lessons, taking photographs and even making films. Before his departure, consecutive to retirement, he added to his function as a clerk in the Brussels communal administration the practice of photographic art with which his wife was mainly associated" (Le Soir, 25.12.1931).
Locations
1891 - 1898 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de la Longue Haie, 23 or 29<92-98>
1893 - 1902 Bruxelles, Place Royale, 12
1893 - 1902 Bruxelles, Place Royale, 12
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Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1891 - 1895
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#721
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 14.8.2019 & 2.7.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.1.2024