Henry van de Velde
Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry Clemens van de Velde (Dutch: [ˌɑ̃ːˈri vɑn də ˈvɛldə]; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957)[1] was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium.[2] He worked in Paris with Siegfried Bing, the founder of the first gallery of Art Nouveau in Paris. Van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany and became a major figure in the German Jugendstil. He had a decisive influence on German architecture and design at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Henry Clemens van de Velde | |
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Born | (1863-04-03)3 April 1863 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | 15 October 1957(1957-10-15) (aged 94) Oberägeri, Switzerland |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse |
Maria Sèthe
(m. 1894) |
Buildings | House "Bloemenwerf" in Uccle (1895) Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar (1907) |
Projects | Boekentoren |