Raymond Lemaire
Canon Raymond Lemaire (1878–1954) was a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, both student and successor of Joris Helleputte.[1]
Life
Lemaire was ordained to the priesthood in 1901 and graduated with a doctorate in Archaeology and Art History in 1906.[1] From 1907 onwards he taught at the Catholic University, at various times giving courses on ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, applied aesthetics and architectural history.[1] He was particularly interested in Romanesque architecture in Belgium.[1] He played an important role in debates about the reconstruction of Leuven after the extensive destruction wrought upon the city during the First World War.[1]
Works
As an architect, Lemaire designed the Redemptorist church, Leuven and the Institute of Agriculture, Heverlee.[1]
Publications
- Les origines du style gothique en Brabant: L'architecture romane (Brussels, Vromant, 1906)
- La reconstruction de Louvain: rapport présenté au nom de la Commission des alignements (Louvain, Wouters-Ickx, 1915)
- Jezus goddelijk werkmanskind: retraite voor volksjongens: kenteekens der bouwwijze van de streek (Brussels, Vromant, 1918)
- De toestand der godsdienstige kunst : toespraak (...) bij gelegenheid van de prijsuitdeeling in de Sint-Lucasschool, Gent, 1921 (1921)
- Het Laatste Avondmaal van Dierik Bouts: voordracht gehouden in de Sint-Pieterskerk op 7 november 1921 (Leuven, Van Linthout, 1921)
- Les études actuelles d'architecture et nos monuments anciens (Brussels, Heyvaert, 1931)
- Beknopte geschiedenis van de meubelkunst (Antwerp, De Sikkel, 1937; fourth edition 1947)
- L'architecture du Moyen Age au pays de Namur (Namur, Dubois, 1943)
References
- "Kanunnik Lemaire, Raymond" (in Dutch). Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage. 2020.
Further reading
- Quincy Goris, Monumentenzorg in de praktijk: restauraties van de Sint-Lambertuskapel te Heverlee door Kanunnik Lemaire en Raymond M. Lemaire voltooid in respectievelijk 1937 en 1965 (Dissertation, KU Leuven, 2002).
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