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)