DIRECTORY_1997#3911 new approved FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen conventionDeclaration ISAAR(CPF): Internationale norm voor archivistische geautoriseerde beschrijvingen van organisaties, personen en families, Antwerpen/Leuven/Amsterdam 2006. detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 created January 2, 2015 10:36:19 AM CET human revised February 2, 2023 5:38:34 PM CET human Person (Male) person Smitz (- Verheugen), Henri (& Fils) conventionDeclaration Professional conventionDeclaration Eecloo, 1847 - Eecloo, 1929 1871 * - 1914 > Eecloo, Rue de la Station, 2 then 3 [Statiestraat] Brussels, 1880.

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<b>1871 * - 1914 > Eecloo, Rue de la Station, 2 then 3 [Statiestraat]</b> ° 18.1.1847; + 26.3.1929. Younger brother of Charles Smitz (- Van Acker). Pupil of Polydore Lippens (see that name). Initially apprentice to his brother in the latter’s portrait studio. Opened a studio on his own account in April 1871. Married Gudula Maria Mauritia Verheugen (° Eecloo, 16.9.1854; + Eecloo, 2.10.1902) on 24.4.1876. Artist and draughtsman. On CV, "Henri Smitz", initially no street address and then at no. 2. "Pencil portraits from photographs", c. 1900. Henri remained active until 1920. Addition "& Fils", 1900. This was his younger son Aimé (° Eecloo, 7.11.1879; + Eecloo, 12.9.1967) who took over the studio in 1902 and remained active until 1954. Studio Smitz still operates in Eecloo as a family business in the fourth generation.