Printed: 2025-12-07
Gilles - Spaey, Alfred
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Activity
1909 - 1911 / Roulers, Rue Saint-Alphonse, 16, 14 or 34
Sometimes spelled "Gillis - Spaey". On CV, "large portraits on credit". Active in Roeselare/Roulers as early as May 1909, when a photographer from Roeselare named "Gillis" donated a large portrait to a celebrated professional cyclist (De Gazette van Rousselare, 15.5.1909). He repeated the action in August 1911, this time correctly referenced as "Gilles - Spaey" (De Landbouwer, 22.8.1911). Sports photography, cycling in particular, remained an important focus throughout his career as a photographer.
1910 ca Iseghem, Rue Neuve, 17
Branch studio, running concurrently with the main studio in Roulers, Rue Saint-Alphonse.
1911 * - 1913 / Roulers, Wapenplaats, 4
On 11.2.1911 it was reported that Gilles - Spaey was robbed while moving from Sint-Alphonsusstraat [Rue Saint-Alphonse] to Wapenplaats.
1913 * - 1914 Roulers, Ooststraat, 84
"Collotype, carbon printing, platinum". Also car rentals. Postcard dated 1913, announcing the transfer from Wapenplaats, 4 to this address. Still active in the immediate interwar period in Roeselare, where he made claims for war damage. In June 1919, Gilles - Spaey advertised that he had moved his studio back to Wapenplaats, 4 (Het Nieuw Rousselare, 1.6.1919) where he was still operating in October 1921. He announced sale of the property at Wapenplaats, 4 by auction on 12.10.1921, stating that he would continue to operate there for a maximum of six months. By January 1923, Gilles - Spaey had moved his business to Vlamingstraat, 11 at which address he still practised photography and offered car rentals. He likewise announced the public sale of his property in Vlamingstraat on 7.2.1923.
Sometimes spelled "Gillis - Spaey". On CV, "large portraits on credit". Active in Roeselare/Roulers as early as May 1909, when a photographer from Roeselare named "Gillis" donated a large portrait to a celebrated professional cyclist (De Gazette van Rousselare, 15.5.1909). He repeated the action in August 1911, this time correctly referenced as "Gilles - Spaey" (De Landbouwer, 22.8.1911). Sports photography, cycling in particular, remained an important focus throughout his career as a photographer.
1910 ca Iseghem, Rue Neuve, 17
Branch studio, running concurrently with the main studio in Roulers, Rue Saint-Alphonse.
1911 * - 1913 / Roulers, Wapenplaats, 4
On 11.2.1911 it was reported that Gilles - Spaey was robbed while moving from Sint-Alphonsusstraat [Rue Saint-Alphonse] to Wapenplaats.
1913 * - 1914 Roulers, Ooststraat, 84
"Collotype, carbon printing, platinum". Also car rentals. Postcard dated 1913, announcing the transfer from Wapenplaats, 4 to this address. Still active in the immediate interwar period in Roeselare, where he made claims for war damage. In June 1919, Gilles - Spaey advertised that he had moved his studio back to Wapenplaats, 4 (Het Nieuw Rousselare, 1.6.1919) where he was still operating in October 1921. He announced sale of the property at Wapenplaats, 4 by auction on 12.10.1921, stating that he would continue to operate there for a maximum of six months. By January 1923, Gilles - Spaey had moved his business to Vlamingstraat, 11 at which address he still practised photography and offered car rentals. He likewise announced the public sale of his property in Vlamingstraat on 7.2.1923.
Locations
1909 - 1911 / Roulers, Rue Saint-Alphonse, 16, 14 or 34
1910 ca Iseghem, Rue Neuve, 17
1911 * - 1913 / Roulers, Wapenplaats, 4
1913 * - 1914 Roulers, Ooststraat, 84
1910 ca Iseghem, Rue Neuve, 17
1911 * - 1913 / Roulers, Wapenplaats, 4
1913 * - 1914 Roulers, Ooststraat, 84
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1146
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 10.1.2019; SFJ revised 15.10.2020 partly based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 3.11.2020, 13.9.2021 & 17.1.2022; SFJ revised 22.6.2022 & 14.4.2025 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght