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Henri van de Velde
Henri van de Velde , 1863-1957, Belgian designer and architect. Beginning as a painter, critic, and crafts designer in Belgium and in France, he received his first great acclaim for the interiors that he exhibited at Dresden in 1897. Van de Velde played a leading role in the development of Jugendst... Read more
van de Velde
van de Velde , 17th-century Dutch family of artists. Jan van de Velde, 1593-1641, was a draftsman and engraver as well as a painter. His cousin Esaias van de Velde, c.1591-1630, a painter of genre and battle scenes, is best known for his clearly delineated landscapes. His Ferry Boat (Rijks Mus... Read more
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren 1782-1862, 8th President of the United States (1837-41), b. Kinderhook, Columbia co., N.Y. Early Career He was reared on his father's farm, was educated at local schools, and after reading law was admitted (1803) to the bar. He practiced law successfully and soon became a... Read more
Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de' Medici , 1519-89, queen of France, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. She was married (1533) to the duc d'Orléans, later King Henry II. Neglected during the reign of her husband and that of her eldest son, Francis II, she became (1560) regent for her son Charles IX... Read more
art nouveau
art nouveau , decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. It began in the 1880s as a reaction against the historical emphasis of mid-19th-century art, but did not survive World War I. Art nouveau originated in London and was variously called Jugendstil in Germany, Sezessionstil in... Read more
Jan Wynants
Jan Wynants , c.1625-84, Dutch landscape painter. A follower of Ruisdael, he worked chiefly in Haarlem. The little figures in his paintings are the work of others, often of his pupil Adriaen van de Velde. He is represented in many European galleries. ... Read more
Flemish art and architecture
Flemish art and architecture works of art and structures produced in the region of Europe known for centuries as Flanders . Netherlandish art is another term sometimes used for these works. Art produced in Flanders achieved special eminence c.1200 and in the 15th and 17th cent. Flanders was among ... Read more
Dutch art
Dutch art the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a political entity and developed a clearly independent culture. Early History During the Middle Ages, Netherlandish ... Read more
Frederick II
Frederick II 1194-1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220-50) and German king (1212-20), king of Sicily (1197-1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229-50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance , heiress of Sicily. Rivalry for the German Crown In 1196, Henry VI secured the election as G... Read more
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes Nobel Prizes Year Peace Chemistry Physics Physiology or Medicine Literature 1901 J. H. Dunant Frédéric Passy J. H. van't Hoff W. C. Roentgen E... Read more

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Henri van de Velde
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for the interiors that he exhibited at Dresden in 1897. Van de Velde played a leading role in the development of Jugendstil...his own school, the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts. Van de Velde's architectural activity was considerable. His best work... Read more

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van de Velde, Henri
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture van de Velde, Henri (or van de Velde, Henry ) (1863–1957). See Velde . Read more
Velde, Henry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Velde, Henry (or Velde, Henri , but this seems spurious) Velde, Clements van de (1863–1957...building was more severe. Van de Velde's use of curved forms in...and the machine, while van de Velde objected to the restrictions... Read more
Meier-Graefe, Julius
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...championed Art Nouveau (the great Art Nouveau architect Henri van de Velde designed furniture for his apartment). In this period...general history of modern art, assigning dominant places to van Gogh, Cézanne , Vuillard , Bonnard , Lautrec, Seurat... Read more
Perret, Auguste
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...xE9;âtre des Champs Élysées, Paris (1911–13), loosely based on designs by Roger Bouvard and Henri van de Velde . Perret and his engineer, Louis Gellusseau, evolved reinforced-concrete technology so that the surface of the material... Read more

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Bauhaus origins.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 1/1/2006; ; 377 words ; ...shadowy figures on the edge of Modernism are illuminated: architect-teachers like August Endell, Theodor Fischer, Henri van de Velde, Heinrich Tessenow, Richard Riemerschmid and Hans Poelzig. The central hero, if there is one, is Hermann Muthesius... Read more
Dutch Italianisers at Dulwich.(Inspired by Italy: Dutch Landscape Painting, 1600-1700, Dulwich Gallery, London, England)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...stay-at-home painters as Jan Wijnants and Adriaen van der Velde; and to Aelbert Cuyp, from whose placid...contemporaneous Rome by Jacob de Heusch and Gaspar van Wittel, such as their pictures of an island...Paris. In Fontainebleau during the reign of Henri III, Italy came to him in the pictures... Read more
ART NOTES.(Arts and Literature)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/22/2009; 700+ words ; ...unique knowledge as a collector and designer. She will offer insight into the pieces designed by architects such as Henri Van de Velde, Charles Ashbee, Josef Hoffmann and Ettore Sottsass. Grant Walsh graduated in 1960 from the UO's School of Architecture... Read more
Signac the Fauve: the Musee d'Orsay has organised perhaps the most comprehensive and wide-ranging exhibition of neo-impressionism ever. Samson Spanier sees the light.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Calme et Volupte (1904-1905) of L'Air du Soir (1893-94) by Henri-Edmond Cross, a follower of Signac. Cross' mauve brush-strok...landscapes of Georges Lemmen, and Woman by the window by Henry van de Velde, which combines pointillism with the tradition of northern... Read more