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Smitz (- Verheugen), Henri (& Fils)
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Eecloo, 1847 - Eecloo, 1929
Activity
1871 * - 1914 > Eecloo, Rue de la Station, 2 then 3 [Statiestraat]
° 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.
° 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.
Locations
1871 * - 1914 > Eecloo, Rue de la Station, 2 then 3 [Statiestraat]
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1880.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
https://www.fotostudiosmitz.be/nl/ons-verhaal accessed 25.7.2019
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3911
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 25.7.2019, 30.8.2020 & 27.10.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 2.2.2023