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Gecele, Henri
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Bruges, 1872 - Bruges, 1957
Activity
1890 * - 1910 > Bruges, Rue Breydel, 22
Predecessor: Gecele Louis
° 17.1.1872; + 23.10.1957. Sometimes spelled "Gecèle". Henri was the son of Louis Gecele, nephew and employee of Antoine Avanzo and Anna Gecele, both born in Pieve Tesino [IT], and who arrived in Bruges about 1825 with their son François Avanzo. In the shop in the Rue Breydel they sold engravings and optical instruments. Louis Gecele took over the shop and was in turn succeeded by his son Henri. Active member of the "Cercle photographique de Bruges" and commissioner in 1903-1908, Gecele took part in excursions and photographed in particular festivities and processions.
Predecessor: Gecele Louis
° 17.1.1872; + 23.10.1957. Sometimes spelled "Gecèle". Henri was the son of Louis Gecele, nephew and employee of Antoine Avanzo and Anna Gecele, both born in Pieve Tesino [IT], and who arrived in Bruges about 1825 with their son François Avanzo. In the shop in the Rue Breydel they sold engravings and optical instruments. Louis Gecele took over the shop and was in turn succeeded by his son Henri. Active member of the "Cercle photographique de Bruges" and commissioner in 1903-1908, Gecele took part in excursions and photographed in particular festivities and processions.
Locations
1890 * - 1910 > Bruges, Rue Breydel, 22
Exhibitions
Bruges, 1890; Bruges, 1893; Bruges, 1894; Courtrai, 1894; Tournai, 1897; Bruges, 1901; Bruges, 1903; Liège, 1905; Bruges, 1905/06; Marseille, 1906; Paris, 1906.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
CLAES, Marie-Christine. Répertoire des Tesini - Gecele : http://balat.kikirpa.be/tesini/fam/gecele.pdf
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1806
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 29.6.2017; MCC revsed 24.12.2018; SFJ revised 5.3.2019 ; MCC revised 4.8.2019; SFJ revised 22.9.2019, 18.9.2020 & 5.5.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 31.3.2021;