Railways, crossed paths: Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde.
Snoeck| N° d'inventaire | 31018 |
| Format | 24.6 x 28.7 |
| Détails | 128 p., numerous photographs and illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Gent, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461618771 |
During the first half of the 20th century, Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde, the two greatest Belgian Art Nouveau architects and designers in their country, worked for the railways of their country. The former was commissioned to design Brussels Central Station, a project that would occupy him for more than thirty years and which he would not see the end of. Thanks to the discovery of numerous works by Françoise Aubry, art historian and former curator of the Horta Museum in Saint-Gilles (Brussels), Françoise Aubry has established herself as one of the leading specialists in Belgian Art Nouveau and Victor Horta. She has published numerous reference works, including Art Nouveau in Belgium (Racine/Lannoo) and Victor Horta or the Passion for Architecture. This captivating story is reborn under Doctor of Architecture and unpublished archives, this work retraces the incredible work of Henry van de Velde from the Royal Commission of Victor Horta's obstacle course to complete the construction of this station, which would see no fewer than three different projects. In the 1930s, the SNCB was at a crossroads. It had to modernize. It was in this context that it decided to entrust Henry van de Velde with the creation of its new trains, the comfort of which he revolutionized. Van de Velde would also collaborate on the design of several stations, in a resolutely modernist style, which would mark the railway landscape of Belgium. This captivating story is reborn under the pen of the great specialists of these two artists, Françoise Aubry and Anne Van Loo.
During the first half of the 20th century, Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde, the two greatest Belgian Art Nouveau architects and designers in their country, worked for the railways of their country. The former was commissioned to design Brussels Central Station, a project that would occupy him for more than thirty years and which he would not see the end of. Thanks to the discovery of numerous works by Françoise Aubry, art historian and former curator of the Horta Museum in Saint-Gilles (Brussels), Françoise Aubry has established herself as one of the leading specialists in Belgian Art Nouveau and Victor Horta. She has published numerous reference works, including Art Nouveau in Belgium (Racine/Lannoo) and Victor Horta or the Passion for Architecture. This captivating story is reborn under Doctor of Architecture and unpublished archives, this work retraces the incredible work of Henry van de Velde from the Royal Commission of Victor Horta's obstacle course to complete the construction of this station, which would see no fewer than three different projects. In the 1930s, the SNCB was at a crossroads. It had to modernize. It was in this context that it decided to entrust Henry van de Velde with the creation of its new trains, the comfort of which he revolutionized. Van de Velde would also collaborate on the design of several stations, in a resolutely modernist style, which would mark the railway landscape of Belgium. This captivating story is reborn under the pen of the great specialists of these two artists, Françoise Aubry and Anne Van Loo.