Hennebert, Victor

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Person (Male)

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Brussels, 1877 - Brussels - Ixelles, 1947

Activity

1902 - 1904 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 74
Predecessor: Smeesters François  Successor: Charels
Victor Edouard, ° 11.1.1877; + 27.11.1947. Arrived on 2.1.1902. Previously he had lived at Rue de la Pépinière, 37, then no. 6 from 8.3.1901. Became François Smeesters' son-in-law when he married his daughter Clodine Jeanne Pauline Smeesters (° Brussels - Molenbeek, 5.11.1877; + Brussels - Watermael-Boitsfort, 20.5.1962) in Brussels on 18.12.1901. Hennebert was probably an employee or partner of Smeesters at this address before becoming his successor when Smeesters left for Paris [F] before 30.10.1903. Hennebert left for Brussels - Ixelles on 22.3.1904.
1904 * - 1912 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue du Trône, 115
His portraits of Victor Gilsoul, Fernand Khnopff, and G.S. Van Strydonck in their respective studios were exhibited at the Ostend "Salon des Beaux-Arts" in 1906. The population registry indicates that he lived at this address until 15.2.1909. Studio listed in directories until 1912.
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue Souveraine, 90
1909 * - 1911 / Bruxelles, Rue des Grands Carmes, 8
Resident at no. 8a from 15.2.1909 to 2.7.1911.
1911 * - 1914 Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 19
Arrived here on 2.7.1911. During the interwar period, Hennebert styled himself "Photographer Reporter" and, as president of the "Association des reporters photographes en Belgique", helped to organise the first exhibition of press photography in Belgium in 1932. At that time he was operating in Brussels at Rue de la Madeleine, 71. In 1941, Hennebert sold a collection of 638 glass negatives depicting Brussels monuments to the "Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire", now kept at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels. Hennebert's archives were destroyed in the 1950s.

Locations

1902 - 1904 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 74
1904 * - 1912 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue du Trône, 115
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue Souveraine, 90
1909 * - 1911 / Bruxelles, Rue des Grands Carmes, 8
1911 * - 1914 Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 19

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DIRECTORY_1997#2129

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SFJ revised 31.1.2018 & 7.2.2018, partly based on information supplied by Pool Andries; MCC revised 11.3.2020; MD revised 8.5.2020; SFJ revised 16.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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