Printed: 2024-04-26
De Laetre, Louis
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1815 - Ghent, 1897
Activity
1861 * - 1862 Gand, Rue Haute, 51
° 8.1.1815; + 19.12.1897. Painter-decorator and photographer. Spelled "De Lattre" in some advertisements and on death certificate. Advertised his return on 26.4.1861, after living many years in Paris as a painter-decorator and a photographer on glass, paper, and cloth. Painter "in fresco and decoration".
1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68>
Successor: Claessens André or Van Alfaene Macaire (at no. 42)
Moved to this address on 17.11.1862. "Patented for groups". Patent of 15.2.1863 for "an improvement in the photographic art" [combining portraits or groups as large as can be taken with lenses, and printing them consecutively on paper]. Photo-reportage on the explosion of the Tolhuis mines on 20.5.1864.
1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis
"Patented for groups". At this address photographed members of the Belgian expeditionary corps leaving for Mexico; they left Belgium from October 1864 onwards.
1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73>
Predecessor: Trossaert Bernard Fils
On 25.7.1866 he advertised that he had acquired and enlarged the studio at this address (this was Trossaert's studio at no. 9, soon after renumbered 15), while retaining the studio in Passage Vanderdonckt. On 15.11.1868, he applied for his rights to be restored after a bankruptcy on 18.4.1851.
1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15
Opening announced for 8.4.1873. Name spelled "De Laerte" on some CVs at this address.
1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7
Transfer to this address from the Rue Digue de Brabant advertised in April 1876.
1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97>
Successor: De Lattre Juliette
Moved to this address on 16.11.1880. Patent of 31.1.1881 for "a system for designing pictures by electric light" [camera fitted with plate holder for pictures]. Several of De Laetre's daughters were also recorded as photographers at this address and must have assisted in their father's studio. Maria Francisca De Lattre (° Ghent, 26.10.1844) was recorded as a photographer in the 1881 and 1891 population registers while her younger sister Mathildis Josepha De Lattre (° Ghent, 16.10.1847; + Melle, 5.1.1918) was recorded as photographer in the 1881 and 1901 population registers. Louis' eventual successor Juliette (see that name) was first recorded as a photographer in the 1891 population register.
° 8.1.1815; + 19.12.1897. Painter-decorator and photographer. Spelled "De Lattre" in some advertisements and on death certificate. Advertised his return on 26.4.1861, after living many years in Paris as a painter-decorator and a photographer on glass, paper, and cloth. Painter "in fresco and decoration".
1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68>
Successor: Claessens André or Van Alfaene Macaire (at no. 42)
Moved to this address on 17.11.1862. "Patented for groups". Patent of 15.2.1863 for "an improvement in the photographic art" [combining portraits or groups as large as can be taken with lenses, and printing them consecutively on paper]. Photo-reportage on the explosion of the Tolhuis mines on 20.5.1864.
1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis
"Patented for groups". At this address photographed members of the Belgian expeditionary corps leaving for Mexico; they left Belgium from October 1864 onwards.
1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73>
Predecessor: Trossaert Bernard Fils
On 25.7.1866 he advertised that he had acquired and enlarged the studio at this address (this was Trossaert's studio at no. 9, soon after renumbered 15), while retaining the studio in Passage Vanderdonckt. On 15.11.1868, he applied for his rights to be restored after a bankruptcy on 18.4.1851.
1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15
Opening announced for 8.4.1873. Name spelled "De Laerte" on some CVs at this address.
1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7
Transfer to this address from the Rue Digue de Brabant advertised in April 1876.
1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97>
Successor: De Lattre Juliette
Moved to this address on 16.11.1880. Patent of 31.1.1881 for "a system for designing pictures by electric light" [camera fitted with plate holder for pictures]. Several of De Laetre's daughters were also recorded as photographers at this address and must have assisted in their father's studio. Maria Francisca De Lattre (° Ghent, 26.10.1844) was recorded as a photographer in the 1881 and 1891 population registers while her younger sister Mathildis Josepha De Lattre (° Ghent, 16.10.1847; + Melle, 5.1.1918) was recorded as photographer in the 1881 and 1901 population registers. Louis' eventual successor Juliette (see that name) was first recorded as a photographer in the 1891 population register.
Locations
1861 * - 1862 Gand, Rue Haute, 51
1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68>
1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis
1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73>
1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15
1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7
1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97>
1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68>
1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis
1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73>
1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15
1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7
1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97>
Exhibitions
Paris, 1867; Ghent, 1877 (carbon prints); Paris, 1878 (reproduction of the van Eycks' Ghent altarpiece).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1167
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 20.7.2019, 25.8.2020 & 31.8.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.10.2021 partially based on information supplied by Archief Gent; SFJ revised 10.10.2022 & 26.7.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 20.5.2020, 2.9.2020, 29.4.2021, 15.11.2021, 24.11.2021, 4.11.2022 & 9.2.2024