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Schrecker, Ignaz
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Goltschjenikau [Bohemia, now CZ], 1834 - Ungenach [A], 1888
Activity
1876 Bruxelles, Boulevard de la Senne, 27
Ignaz Franz, ° 6.3.1834; + 22.1.1888. Also mistranscribed "Schreker, L." and "Schreken" in the directory. Originally a drawing master, Schrecker opened a photography studio in Pest (= Budapest, HU) in 1862 which grew into one of the most prominent in the Hungarian capital. He transferred the studio to his son Maximilian (° 1857) in 1876 and, freshly christianised and remarried, undertook a professional odyssey across Europe, beginning in Belgium. "Mr Schrecker, the Hungarian photographer, has been summoned to the Palace to take H.M. The Queen's photographic portrait" (Echo du Parlement, 9.11.1876). Another report refers to Schrecker as "photographer to the Court" (Indépendance Belge, 11.11.1876), a title which may have been conferred on him in Brussels as it was subsequently incorporated, together with the Belgian coat of arms, onto his card mounts.
1877 Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 5
Successor: Van Peene Oscar
A son was born at this address on 22.1.1877. Schrecker also operated in Spa, presumably during the summer season. Although this studio address remained listed in directories until 1880, Schrecker left Belgium for Monaco by 1878 where another son, the future opera composer Franz Schreker [sic], was born on 23.3.1878.
Ignaz Franz, ° 6.3.1834; + 22.1.1888. Also mistranscribed "Schreker, L." and "Schreken" in the directory. Originally a drawing master, Schrecker opened a photography studio in Pest (= Budapest, HU) in 1862 which grew into one of the most prominent in the Hungarian capital. He transferred the studio to his son Maximilian (° 1857) in 1876 and, freshly christianised and remarried, undertook a professional odyssey across Europe, beginning in Belgium. "Mr Schrecker, the Hungarian photographer, has been summoned to the Palace to take H.M. The Queen's photographic portrait" (Echo du Parlement, 9.11.1876). Another report refers to Schrecker as "photographer to the Court" (Indépendance Belge, 11.11.1876), a title which may have been conferred on him in Brussels as it was subsequently incorporated, together with the Belgian coat of arms, onto his card mounts.
1877 Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 5
Successor: Van Peene Oscar
A son was born at this address on 22.1.1877. Schrecker also operated in Spa, presumably during the summer season. Although this studio address remained listed in directories until 1880, Schrecker left Belgium for Monaco by 1878 where another son, the future opera composer Franz Schreker [sic], was born on 23.3.1878.
Locations
1876 Bruxelles, Boulevard de la Senne, 27
1877 Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 5
1877 Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 5
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Bibliography/Webography
STERN, M. "Schrecker, Ignaz Franz; früher Isak (1834-1888), Photograph" in: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon, accessed on 24.4.2020 at:
http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_S/Schrecker_Ignaz-Franz_1834_1888.xml
http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_S/Schrecker_Ignaz-Franz_1834_1888.xml
Context
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3806
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.4.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght