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Henri van de Velde

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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 Jugendstil, the German equivalent of art nouveau . His designs for furniture and tableware are of especially high quality. With ideas deriving in part from Ruskin and William Morris, he taught at his own school, the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts. Van de Velde's architectural activity was considerable.... Read more
van de Velde, Henri
van de Velde, Henri (or van de Velde, Henry) (1863–1957). See Velde . Read more
Henri van de Velde
...exhibitions in Paris (1937) and New York (1939). He also created graphic design work, generally in the curvilinear Art Nouveau style, and he spread his ideas through lecturing and teaching. Henri van de Velde Henri van de Velde Henri van de Velde Read more

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