Henry van de Velde

In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Velde, not Velde.
Henry van de Velde
Henry van de Velde; portrait by
Nicola Perscheid (1904)
Born
Henry Clemens van de Velde

(1863-04-03)3 April 1863
Antwerp, Belgium
Died15 October 1957(1957-10-15) (aged 94)
Oberägeri, Switzerland
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Maria Sèthe
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(m. 1894)​
Buildings
Henry van de Velde by Georg Kolbe, 1913, Albertinum gallery, Dresden
Ghent, Belgium: Boekentoren of Ghent University (to the right.)

Henry Clemens van de Velde (Dutch: [ɑ̃ːˈri vɑn də ˈvɛldə]; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957)[1] was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium.[2] He worked in Paris with Siegfried Bing, the founder of the first gallery of Art Nouveau in Paris. Van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany and became a major figure in the German Jugendstil. He had a decisive influence on German architecture and design at the beginning of the 20th century.

  1. ^ Henry Van de Velde, Facts, 2010, archived from the original on 16 May 2011, retrieved 24 December 2010
  2. ^ Hollis, Richard (2006). Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style. New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press. pp. 16–20. ISBN 0300106769.