Raynaud, Georges

Identity

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Person (Male)

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  • Professional / Connected

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Life dates

Algiers [ALG], 1847 - Antwerp, 1905

Activity

1874 - 1876 / Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Rue de l'Ascension, 24 (private)
Georges Saint Aubin (or François Antoin), ° 22.10 or 11.1847; + 2.1.1905. Arrived in Belgium on 1.6.1867. Already recorded as a photographer resident in Brussels - Schaerbeek, Rue Allard at the occasion of his wedding there on 7.4.1870. Operator in an unspecified Brussels studio. Founder member of the ABP. Bursar of the "Mutuelle photographique belge" in 1875.
1876 * - 1902 Anvers, Rempart Sainte-Catherine, 23<76-00> then 31<01-02>
Predecessor: Maes Joseph
An operator in Maes’ studio since his arrival at this address from Brussels - Saint-Josse on 1.8.1876, Raynaud reportedly acquired the studio in 1882, but there are photographs in his own name from as early as June 1877 onwards (“former firm Jos Maes”) and he exhibited at this address under his own name in Paris in 1878. In 1882 he established a factory for producing gelatine-bromide plates ranging in size from 9 x 12 cm to 30 x 40 cm. "Album de Fabriques & de Manufactures de la Province d'Anvers", 1880, containing 53 carbon prints, 15.5 x 22 cm, exterior and interior views of factories. His death certificate recorded him at Rue Anselmo, 45 and of no profession.

Locations

1874 - 1876 / Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Rue de l'Ascension, 24 (private)
1876 * - 1902 Anvers, Rempart Sainte-Catherine, 23<76-00> then 31<01-02>

Exhibitions

Paris, 1878; Brussels, 1880 (portraits and copies of paintings); Antwerp, 1885 (bronze medal); Antwerp, 1894 (bronze medal).

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

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Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1894

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#3565

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 7.5.2018 & 25.5.2018; SFJ revised 31.5.2019, 8.9.2019, 19.3.2021, 4.8. 2022 & 9.8.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 8.4.2021; MD revised 17.4.2020 & 2.11.2021; SFJ revised 19.3.2024

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