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Eyckermans, Albert
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Boom, 1832 - Tomatave [Madagascar], 1889
Activity
1861 - 1867 / Saint-Pierre de la Réunion
Albert Jean Leopold, ° 15.6.1832; + 22.1.1889. He deserted from the army on 26.7.1854 and fled Belgium. Arrived in La Réunion In 1855 where he was initially a shopkeeper.
1862 - 1867 / Saint Denis [La Réunion], Rue du Conseil, 45 then 83
Photographer, for a period as an assistant or in partnership with Charles Saunier until the latter left for Mauritius in 1865. Early CVs bear the initials A.J.L., later examples J.L. Eyckermans received an amnesty for his desertion and left for Europe in early 1867.
1869 * - 1874 ca Grammont
Registered on 10.5.1869 where he styled himself painter-photographer on CVs. Eyckermans probably returned to La Réunion without informing the population registry in the second half of 1874 or in 1875.
1871 */ Bruxelles, Rue de la Vierge Noire, 24 (private)
Arrived at this address on 21.1.1871. Resided in Brussels for eight months, latterly in Rue du Cirque, 39, from 29.7.1871. CV in Brussels with no street address dated 26.6.1874 and another one simply dated 1874.
1875 - 1886 ca Saint Denis [La Réunion]
Painter-photographer. CV dated 14.11.1875. Sometimes transcribed "Eykermans".
1878 ca Saint Paul [La Réunion]
Branch studio. It is not confirmed that Eyckermans was operating in Madagascar at the time of his death.
Albert Jean Leopold, ° 15.6.1832; + 22.1.1889. He deserted from the army on 26.7.1854 and fled Belgium. Arrived in La Réunion In 1855 where he was initially a shopkeeper.
1862 - 1867 / Saint Denis [La Réunion], Rue du Conseil, 45 then 83
Photographer, for a period as an assistant or in partnership with Charles Saunier until the latter left for Mauritius in 1865. Early CVs bear the initials A.J.L., later examples J.L. Eyckermans received an amnesty for his desertion and left for Europe in early 1867.
1869 * - 1874 ca Grammont
Registered on 10.5.1869 where he styled himself painter-photographer on CVs. Eyckermans probably returned to La Réunion without informing the population registry in the second half of 1874 or in 1875.
1871 */ Bruxelles, Rue de la Vierge Noire, 24 (private)
Arrived at this address on 21.1.1871. Resided in Brussels for eight months, latterly in Rue du Cirque, 39, from 29.7.1871. CV in Brussels with no street address dated 26.6.1874 and another one simply dated 1874.
1875 - 1886 ca Saint Denis [La Réunion]
Painter-photographer. CV dated 14.11.1875. Sometimes transcribed "Eykermans".
1878 ca Saint Paul [La Réunion]
Branch studio. It is not confirmed that Eyckermans was operating in Madagascar at the time of his death.
Locations
1861 - 1867 / Saint-Pierre de la Réunion
1862 - 1867 / Saint Denis [La Réunion], Rue du Conseil, 45 then 83
1869 * - 1874 ca Grammont
1871 */ Bruxelles, Rue de la Vierge Noire, 24 (private)
1875 - 1886 ca Saint Denis [La Réunion]
1878 ca Saint Paul [La Réunion]
1862 - 1867 / Saint Denis [La Réunion], Rue du Conseil, 45 then 83
1869 * - 1874 ca Grammont
1871 */ Bruxelles, Rue de la Vierge Noire, 24 (private)
1875 - 1886 ca Saint Denis [La Réunion]
1878 ca Saint Paul [La Réunion]
Exhibitions
La Réunion, "Exposition des Beaux-Arts, Société des Sciences et Arts", 1864 (bronze medal); ditto, 1880 (bronze medal).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
EYCKERMAN, Peter. "A.J.L. Eyckermans (1832-1889) van deserteur tot gerespecteerd fotograaf", Gerardimontium, no. 258, November-December 2014, pp. 27-35; accessed on 4.2.2023 at: https://www.gerardimontium.be/wp-content/uploads/tijdschrift/1417.pdf
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1613
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 9.2.2017, 10.1.2019 & 4.2.2023 based on research by Peter Eyckerman; SFJ revised 14.6.2018, based on information supplied by François Boisjoly; SFJ revised 4.2.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght