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Cogels, Henri
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1849 - Antwerp, 1932
Activity
1888 - 1914 > Anvers
Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Marie, ° 31.3.1849; + 3.4.1932. Person of independent means; son of John Cogels (1814-1885), landowner, property developer and politician. A set of 12 half-plate portraits of Congolese participating in the 1894 Antwerp universal exhibition is housed in the MAS - Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp. Cogels’ passion was yachting; his yacht, the "Express", a model of which was displayed at the same exhibition, was described as "one of the largest and fastest vessels in our pleasure fleet" (Gazet van Antwerpen, 15.6.1894). Cogels was also a member of the sports committee of the "Royal Automobile Club Anversois" in 1899. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Marie, ° 31.3.1849; + 3.4.1932. Person of independent means; son of John Cogels (1814-1885), landowner, property developer and politician. A set of 12 half-plate portraits of Congolese participating in the 1894 Antwerp universal exhibition is housed in the MAS - Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp. Cogels’ passion was yachting; his yacht, the "Express", a model of which was displayed at the same exhibition, was described as "one of the largest and fastest vessels in our pleasure fleet" (Gazet van Antwerpen, 15.6.1894). Cogels was also a member of the sports committee of the "Royal Automobile Club Anversois" in 1899. Still a member of the ABP in 1922.
Locations
1888 - 1914 > Anvers
Exhibitions
Ghent, 1895.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1888 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#753
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 28.7.2017 & 9.4.2019 based on information supplied by Michiel Demaeght; revised 7.9.2019; SFJ revised 3.2.2023 partly based on information supplied by Tamara Berghmans; MD revised 9.5.2023 & 10.11.2023