Printed: 2024-04-20
De Graeve, Théophile
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1877 - Ghent - Mariakerke, 1948
Activity
1903 * - 1920 > Gand, Rue de Bruges, 41
Predecessor: Sugg Albert
Theophilus Eugenius Augustus, ° 5.5.1877; + 16.7.1948. Arrived at this address on 28.10.1903. Reprographic printing works for lithography, collotype and photoengraving. Also production of photographic card mounts. Specialised in picture postcards in collotype, some under the trademark "Carte Pèle-Mèle" bearing the initials H.D.G. The studio burned down on 26.4.1906: "The printing works for picture postcards has been reduced to ashes. A very large number of negatives have been destroyed. Fortunately there is insurance" (Het Nieuws van den Dag, 28.4.1906). There was possibly also a portrait studio operating at this address, 1907-1908. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. Remained active at this address during the interwar period when he was a prolific publisher of picture postcards of Ghent and the Belgian coast under the "Star" trade mark. The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels possesses a collection of 373 negatives, views of Brussels and other historic localities in Belgium, purchased from De Graeve in 1943.
Predecessor: Sugg Albert
Theophilus Eugenius Augustus, ° 5.5.1877; + 16.7.1948. Arrived at this address on 28.10.1903. Reprographic printing works for lithography, collotype and photoengraving. Also production of photographic card mounts. Specialised in picture postcards in collotype, some under the trademark "Carte Pèle-Mèle" bearing the initials H.D.G. The studio burned down on 26.4.1906: "The printing works for picture postcards has been reduced to ashes. A very large number of negatives have been destroyed. Fortunately there is insurance" (Het Nieuws van den Dag, 28.4.1906). There was possibly also a portrait studio operating at this address, 1907-1908. Still a member of the ABP in 1922. Remained active at this address during the interwar period when he was a prolific publisher of picture postcards of Ghent and the Belgian coast under the "Star" trade mark. The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels possesses a collection of 373 negatives, views of Brussels and other historic localities in Belgium, purchased from De Graeve in 1943.
Locations
1903 * - 1920 > Gand, Rue de Bruges, 41
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1907 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1109
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 4.9.2017 & 19.6.2018; revised 15.8.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 11.3.2020; SFJ revised 27.3.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 27.10.2020, 16.12.2021 & 10.5.2023