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Goethals, Albéric
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Courtrai, 1843 - Courtrai, 1897
Activity
1863 - 1894 Courtrai
Albéric Stanislas, ° 2.5.1843; + 22.5.1897. Textile manufacturer and, from 1866, joint owner of the spinning mill "Linière de Courtrai". Landscapes, urban views, architecture of the Courtrai region, reproductions of his family's art collection. In 1863 and 1864 he made stereoscopic views of Ypres, Bruges and Damme. His stereos (about 200) bear an ink stamp "G.D." set in an oval. This probably stands for Goethals - Danneel, after his mother's maiden name. Treasurer of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai". President of the Courtrai Chamber of Commerce. Collection of negatives in the Broel Museum in Courtrai. The "Letterhuis", Antwerp, holds letters written by Goethals to the Flemish poet Guido Gezelle (1830-1899) between 1877 and 1891.
The Kortrijk municipal archives houses the "Collection Albéric Goethals", a series of glass negatives, including cityscapes, some in stereo. The brief online commentary proposes a date range from 1860 to 1913 and states that some were taken by Albéric's father Vincent and cousin Victor Vercruysse (see entry for Dominique & Victor Vercruysse). Like his son, Vincent Bruno François Goethals (° Courtrai, 12.4.1797; + Courtrai, 11.8.1881) was a textile manufacturer, and also a town councillor. He was married to Eugénie Danneel (1801 - 1897). If the elder Goethals was indeed a photographer, he would likely have been the originator of the oval ink-stamp "G.D." described above.
Albéric Stanislas, ° 2.5.1843; + 22.5.1897. Textile manufacturer and, from 1866, joint owner of the spinning mill "Linière de Courtrai". Landscapes, urban views, architecture of the Courtrai region, reproductions of his family's art collection. In 1863 and 1864 he made stereoscopic views of Ypres, Bruges and Damme. His stereos (about 200) bear an ink stamp "G.D." set in an oval. This probably stands for Goethals - Danneel, after his mother's maiden name. Treasurer of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai". President of the Courtrai Chamber of Commerce. Collection of negatives in the Broel Museum in Courtrai. The "Letterhuis", Antwerp, holds letters written by Goethals to the Flemish poet Guido Gezelle (1830-1899) between 1877 and 1891.
The Kortrijk municipal archives houses the "Collection Albéric Goethals", a series of glass negatives, including cityscapes, some in stereo. The brief online commentary proposes a date range from 1860 to 1913 and states that some were taken by Albéric's father Vincent and cousin Victor Vercruysse (see entry for Dominique & Victor Vercruysse). Like his son, Vincent Bruno François Goethals (° Courtrai, 12.4.1797; + Courtrai, 11.8.1881) was a textile manufacturer, and also a town councillor. He was married to Eugénie Danneel (1801 - 1897). If the elder Goethals was indeed a photographer, he would likely have been the originator of the oval ink-stamp "G.D." described above.
Locations
1863 - 1894 Courtrai
Exhibitions
Courtrai, 1865; Courtrai, 1893.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
RYCKAERT, Marc. "Alberic Goethals fotografeert Brugge in 1863-1864", In de Steigers. Erfgoednieuws uit West-Vlaanderen, vol. 9, 2002, pp. 40-46.
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1933
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Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 30.1.2018, 4.2.2018 & 1.10.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 30.10.2020 & 12.9.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght