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Speeckaert, Henri
Identity
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Person (Male)
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Deinze, 1875 - Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1945
Activity
1895 * - 1900 Deinze, Tolpoortstraat, 72
Successor: Claerhout - Speeckaert Gustave
Henri Joseph, ° 27.6.1875; + 15.12.1945. Brother-in-law of Gustave Claerhout - Speeckaert, his successor in Deinze. Trained as a draughtsman at technical college in Ghent. Operator at Van Damme’s studio in Ghent, for Narcisse in Brussels and Devolder in Brussels at unspecified dates.
1900 * - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Dyck, 57
Arrived at this address on 4.7.1900.
1903 - 1907 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Oost, 7
1905 - 1910 Bruxelles - Uccle, Rue de l'Eglise, 13
1910 * - 1918 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Ducpétiaux, 12
Arrived at this address on 29.10.1910. Active throughout the interwar period and until his death in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, Chaussée de Charleroi, 242 then 185. Speeckaert's portrait of King Albert I, taken in 1930, was used on the 1950-issue 1000 franc banknote and as the basis for a 10 franc commemorative stamp marking the centenary of Albert's birth in 1975.
Successor: Claerhout - Speeckaert Gustave
Henri Joseph, ° 27.6.1875; + 15.12.1945. Brother-in-law of Gustave Claerhout - Speeckaert, his successor in Deinze. Trained as a draughtsman at technical college in Ghent. Operator at Van Damme’s studio in Ghent, for Narcisse in Brussels and Devolder in Brussels at unspecified dates.
1900 * - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Dyck, 57
Arrived at this address on 4.7.1900.
1903 - 1907 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Oost, 7
1905 - 1910 Bruxelles - Uccle, Rue de l'Eglise, 13
1910 * - 1918 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Ducpétiaux, 12
Arrived at this address on 29.10.1910. Active throughout the interwar period and until his death in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, Chaussée de Charleroi, 242 then 185. Speeckaert's portrait of King Albert I, taken in 1930, was used on the 1950-issue 1000 franc banknote and as the basis for a 10 franc commemorative stamp marking the centenary of Albert's birth in 1975.
Locations
1895 * - 1900 Deinze, Tolpoortstraat, 72
1900 * - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Dyck, 57
1903 - 1907 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Oost, 7
1905 - 1910 Bruxelles - Uccle, Rue de l'Eglise, 13
1910 * - 1918 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Ducpétiaux, 12
1900 * - 1905 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Dyck, 57
1903 - 1907 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Van Oost, 7
1905 - 1910 Bruxelles - Uccle, Rue de l'Eglise, 13
1910 * - 1918 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Ducpétiaux, 12
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3957
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 16.2.2018, based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 15.7.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.10.2020; SFJ revised 7.6.2021 based on information supplied by Marthe Versporten-Velghe (email dated 6.6.2021)