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Hector Guimard

1867 - 1942

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Hector Guimard (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ ɡimaʁ], 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer prominent for his Art Nouveau style designs including Paris Metro entrances. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building façades in the city. He is best known for the glass and iron edicules or canopies, with ornamental Art Nouveau curves, which he designed to cover the entrances of the first stations of the Paris Metro. Between 1890 and 1930, Guimard designed and built some 50 buildings, in addition to 141 subway entrances for Paris Métro, as well as numerous pieces of furniture and other decorative works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hector Guimard is the 94th most popular architect (down from 81st in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from France (down from 957th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Architect.

Hector Guimard is most famous for his Art Nouveau style of architecture. He was a French architect who designed the Castel Béranger and the Parisian metro.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Hector Guimard ranks 94 out of 518. Before him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, Frei Otto, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. After him are Mnesikles, Gottfried Semper, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Luis Barragán, and Hans Hollein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Hector Guimard ranks 32. Before him are Umberto Giordano, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, and Ignacy Mościcki. After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Alexander Parvus, Irving Fisher, Sakichi Toyoda, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Edward B. Titchener. Among people deceased in 1942, Hector Guimard ranks 34. Before him are Chen Duxiu, Yanka Kupala, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, A. E. Waite, and Alexander von Zemlinsky. After him are Felix Hausdorff, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Tina Modotti, Leopold Berchtold, Felix Weingartner, and Jan Kubiš.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hector Guimard ranks 1,118 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Saint Eligius (588), Sophie of France (1734), and Jean-Pierre Serre (1926). After him are Francis Lai (1932), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Hector Guimard ranks 12. Before him are Ferdinand Cheval (1836), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700). After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Lúcio Costa (1902), Pierre Lescot (1515), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), and Paul Abadie (1812).

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