Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
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About the Author
Image credit: http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/images/stories/autumn_13/reviews/nimm01.jpg Fig. 1, Louis Held, Henry van de Velde in his studio in the Kunstgewerbeschule, Weimar, ca. 1908. Photograph, print from glass negative S 2016. ENSAV (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels) – La Cambre, Fonds Henry van de Velde, Brussels. Courtesy, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium
Works by Henry van de Velde
Associated Works
Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (1968) — Contributor — 854 copies, 5 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Velde, Henry van de
- Legal name
- Velde, Henry van de
- Birthdate
- 1863-04-03
- Date of death
- 1957-10-15
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- architect
- Short biography
- Van de Velde biography data
1863 April03: Henry van de Velde born in Antwerp, Belgium
1880 Studied painting
1892 Switched to the applied and decorative arts
1895 Exhibition in Paris, Title: Art Nouveau
1897 Exhibition in Dresden
1901 Van de Velde moved to Berlin, Germany
1902 Invited to Weimar, founded arts and crafts seminar
1907 Member of the Deutscher Werkbund
1908 Moved to House Lofty Poplars, Weimar
1913 Designed theatre for the
1914 Cologne Werkbund Exhibition
1915 Resigned as director of the School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar
1918 Van de Velde moved to Switzerland
1926 Returned to Brussels
1935 Art Adviser to the Belgian cabinet
1957 October 15: Henry van de Velde died in Zurich - Nationality
- Belgium
- Birthplace
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Places of residence
- Antwerp, Belgium
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Weimar,
Switzerland
Brussels, (show all 7)
Zurich, - Place of death
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Burial location
- Oberagen, Switzerland
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Reviews
In 1892 he abandoned painting, devoting his time to arts of decoration and interior design (silver- and goldsmith’s trade, chinaware and cutlery, fashion design, carpet and fabric design). His own house, Bloemenwerf in Ukkel, was his first attempt at architecture, and was inspired by the British and American Arts and Crafts Movement....
Mar 18, 2014Spanish
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