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Lagaert, Louis
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Everghem - Munte, 1865 - ?, ?
Activity
1896 - 1898 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Rembrandt
° 2.5.1865. A bookseller in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue de l'Est, 56 in 1897. This address is probably no. 21, the premises of Ernest Castelein (see that name) and betokens an early collaboration.
1899 * - 1913 / Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Impériale, 20, 18-20<07-12> or 18<12-13>
Predecessor: Castelein Ernest
Collotype and photozincography. "Industrial work, postcards and addresss cards, letterheads, post-mortem souvenirs". "Illustration and publication of artistic and scientific works. Picture postcards of the whole of Belgium". Louis Lagaert appeared jointly in Ernest Castelein's advertising material by 1899. He took over the business in 1900 although Castelein's name still features until towards the end of 1902. Thus, postcards were signed "E. Castelein L. Lagaert", then "L. Lagaert Brussels" or "LLB". Took full advantage of the heyday of the picture postcard with a sustained policy of direct marketing.
Moved the family home to no. 18 in 1905. Initial "E." in the Mertens directory for "industrial and documentary photography" at no. 20, 1910-1912. This was in fact Louis' son Edmond [Désiré Louis] (° Brussels - Schaerbeek, 28.9.1889; + Zuidschote - Steenstraat, 23.4.1915) who is first mentioned as a collaborator in 1910. Soon afterwards Lagaert stopped production of picture postcards to concentrate on industrial photography. He seems to have closed the business entirely around 1912 when he moved out of no. 18, coinciding with final entries in the 1913 directories. He is said to have worked afterwards for Eugène Desaix (see that name). Recorded in directories as a commercial representative from 1920 to 1933.
° 2.5.1865. A bookseller in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue de l'Est, 56 in 1897. This address is probably no. 21, the premises of Ernest Castelein (see that name) and betokens an early collaboration.
1899 * - 1913 / Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Impériale, 20, 18-20<07-12> or 18<12-13>
Predecessor: Castelein Ernest
Collotype and photozincography. "Industrial work, postcards and addresss cards, letterheads, post-mortem souvenirs". "Illustration and publication of artistic and scientific works. Picture postcards of the whole of Belgium". Louis Lagaert appeared jointly in Ernest Castelein's advertising material by 1899. He took over the business in 1900 although Castelein's name still features until towards the end of 1902. Thus, postcards were signed "E. Castelein L. Lagaert", then "L. Lagaert Brussels" or "LLB". Took full advantage of the heyday of the picture postcard with a sustained policy of direct marketing.
Moved the family home to no. 18 in 1905. Initial "E." in the Mertens directory for "industrial and documentary photography" at no. 20, 1910-1912. This was in fact Louis' son Edmond [Désiré Louis] (° Brussels - Schaerbeek, 28.9.1889; + Zuidschote - Steenstraat, 23.4.1915) who is first mentioned as a collaborator in 1910. Soon afterwards Lagaert stopped production of picture postcards to concentrate on industrial photography. He seems to have closed the business entirely around 1912 when he moved out of no. 18, coinciding with final entries in the 1913 directories. He is said to have worked afterwards for Eugène Desaix (see that name). Recorded in directories as a commercial representative from 1920 to 1933.
Locations
1896 - 1898 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Rembrandt
1899 * - 1913 / Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Impériale, 20, 18-20<07-12> or 18<12-13>
1899 * - 1913 / Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Impériale, 20, 18-20<07-12> or 18<12-13>
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1906.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
VAN PETEGHEM, R. "1896 à 1914 : l'Age d'Or de la Carte Postale illustrée à Bruxelles", Journal du Collectionneur, no. 22, June-July 1992, pp. 8-11.
"Louis Lagaert - de uitgever", accessible at: http://kortrijkpostkaarten.blogspot.com/2017/07/louis-lagaert-de-uitgever.html
"Louis Lagaert - de uitgever", accessible at: http://kortrijkpostkaarten.blogspot.com/2017/07/louis-lagaert-de-uitgever.html
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2530
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 31.1.2018 & 24.2.2018; revised 22.1.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 8.3.2019