Vandyk Studios, London

Place: Bunde

Born: 1851

Death: 1931

Biography:

Vandyk Studios, London was a London photographic studio founded by Carl Vandyk, a German photographer born in Bunde in 1851. Carl Vandyk was a successful London photographer who became a British citizen in 1886. He owned a studio at Gloucester Road from 1882, taking images of the British Royal Family including Queen Victoria, King George V as well as other notables such as Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Christian X of Denmark, Buffalo Bill and Enrico Caruso. From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London. Carl's son Herbert Vandyk (1879–1943) took over the family business in 1913 after studying in London, Berlin and Paris and went on to accumulate 22 Royal Warrants. Carl Vandyk owned three London hotels close to his studios: The Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, London SW The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW The Vandyke Hotel, Cromwell Road, London SW7 Carl had two brothers, Aaron Vandyke (1843–1892) and Herman Vandyke (a.k.a. Hyman) (a.k.a. Vandyck) (1838–1919) who were also in the photographic trade. Aaron had studios in Liverpool from c.1869 until c.1902 and Herman in West London from c.1881 until c.1904.