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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 Henri van de Velde , 1863-1957, Belgian designer and architect...he exhibited at Dresden in 1897. Van de Velde played a leading role in the development...Weimar School of Arts and Crafts. Van de Velde's architectural activity was considerable...

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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 .
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). Belgian painter, designer, and architect. Influenced by William Morris , Ruskin , and the English Arts-and-Crafts movement...
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...
Perret, Auguste
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...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...

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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...1997 champion, and Jean Van de Velde, of France. The winner...the fourth round, Van de Velde had looked certain to become...Massy in 1907. Van de Velde is currently ranked No...between Sacha Distel and Henri Leconte, but when his...
A Glorious Jungle of Art Nouveau.(exhibition at National Gallery of Art)
Magazine article from: World and I; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...achieve a kind of catholicity, or general equality of status, among all the arts. The Belgian Art Nouveau designer Henri Van de Velde (1863--1957) noted that "terminology, like 'low art,' 'art of second rank,' 'art industry,' 'art...
The anti-romantics: Robert Thorne reviews a centenary exhibition in Munich that charts the Deutsche Werkbund's story from its pioneering years of Modernism until the present day.('100 Jahre Deutscher Werkbund')(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...the remarkable pavilions by Bruno Taut, Gropius and Henri van de Velde have to be seen in the context of a wide range of buildings...This was spearheaded by young architects, notably Mies van der Rohe, who became vice-president in 1926, and also...
BUILT TO IMPRESS
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/16/2003; ; 691 words ; ...Nouveau was as spectacular as it was prolific. Alongside Horta, acolytes such as Paul Hankar, Paul Cauchie and Henri van de Velde undertook major projects, with the result that some 30,000 houses were built in this style. Of those that remain...
Bauhaus origins.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ 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...
Art Nouveau silver. (Market: Antiques)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 9/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...Nouveau, that Samuel Bing opened in Paris in 1895 with furniture and accessories by a group of artists including Henri van de Velde, Georges de Feure and the American designer and manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany. In Austria the movement was...
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...
Placid house: Oliver Bennett enjoys ambling round Red House in Kent--19th century designer William Morris's monument to the medieval era.(The Week Ahead)
Magazine article from: Design Week; 8/21/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...designer/propagandist of the 19th century. From his work you can draw a line through Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Henri van de Velde, through Viennese Modernists like Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner, right into the heart of rigorous 20th century Modernism...
Going out
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/2/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...and influenced Gauguin's younger contemporaries, including Emile Bernard, Paul Serusier, Maurice Denis and Henri van de Velde. See Centrefold, page 20. RC Tel: 0131-225 6671 The Wiggles, Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, 3 July IN AMERICA...
Dance's Moving Pictures
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/7/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...de force. Filmmaker Thierry De Mey shot the piece in the RITO school in Leuven, Belgium, and against architect Henri Van de Velde's modernist backdrop, the work attains a breathtaking geometry of space and bodies. Emerson selected a few humorous...