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    Henry Van de Velde was a Belgian designer and architect who was a leading figure in the Art Nouveau movement. He designed his own home in Brussels in 1895, incorporating curving, organic forms that exemplified his Art Nouveau style. He went on to found the Weimar Arts and Crafts School in 1902, which later became the Bauhaus. Throughout his career, Van de Velde experimented with different styles from Art Nouveau to functionalism, designing notable buildings like the Folkwang Museum and influencing other modern architects. His Art Nouveau designs were known for their dynamic curves and abstraction.

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    Henry Van de Velde was a Belgian designer and architect who was a leading figure in the Art Nouveau movement. He designed his own home in Brussels in 1895, incorporating curving, organic forms that exemplified his Art Nouveau style. He went on to found the Weimar Arts and Crafts School in 1902, which later became the Bauhaus. Throughout his career, Van de Velde experimented with different styles from Art Nouveau to functionalism, designing notable buildings like the Folkwang Museum and influencing other modern architects. His Art Nouveau designs were known for their dynamic curves and abstraction.

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    Henry Van de Velde was a Belgian designer and architect who was a leading figure in the Art Nouveau movement. He designed his own home in Brussels in 1895, incorporating curving, organic forms that exemplified his Art Nouveau style. He went on to found the Weimar Arts and Crafts School in 1902, which later became the Bauhaus. Throughout his career, Van de Velde experimented with different styles from Art Nouveau to functionalism, designing notable buildings like the Folkwang Museum and influencing other modern architects. His Art Nouveau designs were known for their dynamic curves and abstraction.

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    Henry Van de Velde

    (1863-1957)
    Belgian designer and architect

    Van de Velde is the most international artist of the Art


    Nouveau movement and one of the major. Born in
    antwerpen, he started as a painter influenced by
    divisionnism. He built his first house for himself in
    Brussels ("Bloemenwerf"). He designed every detail :
    when I visited it in the early 1990ies, I could still see
    the heater in an original Van de Velde Art Nouveau
    style. As he never studied architecture and he was
    paying for his house, he could feel free from the old
    styles more than other architects. He gain a large
    succes in Berlin from 1900 for he interior designs.
    And then he was one of the founders of the decorative arts shool of Weimar in 1902. This school was
    later called the "Bauhaus" when it was directed by Gropius. In 1910-11, he tried to establish in Paris
    with no success. He left Weimar in 1917 for Swidzerland during 2 years and then 6 years in Holland
    but without any architectural success. In the 1920ies his architecture turn to functionalism and had a lot
    of influence on other mosern architects. He got an other period of success from 1926 when he returned
    to Brussels. He spent his last ten years in Switzerland, far from the spotlights.

    His Art Nouveau designs, always bent with dynamic curves, are
    some of the most typical of the period. They often turn to
    abstraction like in the placard for the Tropon firm or the book
    cover for "Ecce Homo" by Nietzche.

    His Art Nouveau furniture often opposed these dynamic lines with
    massive shapes so as his buildings. He was reproached to build his
    buildings like furniture. Nevertheless, Henry Van de Velde is one
    of the Art Nouveau architects who makes most the shapes give an
    emotion.

    Main buildings

    • Bloemenwerf in Brussels in 1895


    • Folkwang Museum in Hagen in 1901
    • Werkbund Theatre in Koln - 1914
    • Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller at Otterloo
    (Netherlands) - 1936-38

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