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Vriesestraat 130, Dordrecht
One of my favorite Art Nouveau objects in Dordrecht is distillery Rutte, located at Vriesestraat 130. Even though the building itself dates further back, the shop front has a beautiful Art Nouveau...
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Breestraat 65, Leiden
Strolling through Leiden a couple of weeks ago, I walked right into this building with its stunning Art Nouveau facade. I was surprised by the sheer size of the sgrafitti, as they cover practically the...
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Henry van de Velde 1863 – 1957
Today is my birthday. And I am in good company, because today is also the 150th birthday of Henry van de Velde. Henry van de Velde was born on 3 April 1863 in Antwerp as the son of a pharmacist. He...
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Pejačević fountain, Osijek
Pejačević fountain, Osijek, Croatia This Art-Nouveau fountain by architect Wilhelm Carl Hofbauer was a gift from Count Pavle Pejačević to the city of Osijek in 1903, to beautify the park Gradski Vrt...
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Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau
In a story that combines scandal and revolution, BBC4 cultural correspondent Stephen Smith explores how Vienna’s artists rebelled against the establishment in the late 19th century and brought their...
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Jugendstil in Rotterdam
Kind of my Find-of-the-Day, I would like to introduce this brochure by Paul Groenendijk & Maarten Laupman. It is called “Jugendstil in Rotterdam – Een architectuurwandeling langs onbekende...
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Art Nouveau Wallpaper
Oranjelaan around 1920 In december 2012 I wrote about our ‘Find of the year’, our new 1913 Art Nouveau family home. Two weeks ago we finally got the keys and now we are very busy with all the things...
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Museum of Slavonia
Preparing for my visit to Osijek (Croatia) in October 2012, I looked up the available museums in order to find out if there would be a museum with an Art Nouveau collection on display. The Michelin...
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Wijnstraat 223, Dordrecht
One of the results of the Industrial Revolution was a new phenomenon called ‘shop’. Before the Industrial Revolution, trade took place at outdoor market places or directly at the workshop of a...
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Fin-de-Siècle Museum, Brussels
Alphonse Mucha : “The Nature”,1899-1900.Photo : Bruno Piazza (Gillion Crowet) In december 2012, a friend mailed me an article about a new Art Nouveau museum in Brussels. According to the article, the...
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Chinese Pavilion, Brussels
Definitely the most interesting Find of the Day so far is our yesterday’s find! We drove to Brussels to see an exhibition of the famous Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) at the The Museums...
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Mucha Exhibition, Seoul
Presenting approximately 200 works, including posters, drawings, paintings, decorative works, as well as books and photographs, Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau and Utopia will highlight six aspects of...
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Horta Museum, Brussels
As a genuine Art Nouveau lover, the Horta Museum has been high on my wish list for quite some time. And last week I finally got to visit the former house and atelier of Belgian Art Nouveau architect...
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3 Rue Henri-Mondor, Aurillac
During our summer holiday we accidentally ran into Villa Suzanne in Aurillac, France. According to what I could find on the internet, this beautiful villa was built in 1903 by an architect called...
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City Hall Subway Station, New York
We all get a lot of information through Facebook and other social media. In order to control the amount and the character of the information we get, we’ld better carefully select our ‘friends’ and...
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Lalique Exhibition, The Hague
Gemeente Museum The Hague Architect Berlage Last weekend I visited the Lalique exhibition at the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. René Lalique (1860-1945) started his career as an apprentice goldsmith at...
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Preparations for the Open Monuments Event 2013
After a stroll through the old town of Dordrecht yesterday, we stopped at an antiques store to look at some chandeliers. I was very happy to find a pile of Art Nouveau tiles there as well. Tiles that I...
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223-225 Boulevard Georges-Clemenceau, La Bourboule
The Belle Époque was a period in French history that started in 1871 and ended in 1914, when World War I began. The period was characterized by optimism, peace in Europe, new technologies and...
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My very own Lalique Cactus!!!
Do you remember the post about my visit to the Lalique exhibition in The Hague a few weeks ago? I was rather disappointed because there was hardly any jewellery on display, while jewellery is what René...
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