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Henry van de Velde

1863 - 1957

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Henry Clemens van de Velde (Dutch: [ɑ̃ːˈri vɑn də ˈvɛldə]; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry van de Velde is the 33rd most popular architect (down from 28th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Architect.

Henry van de Velde was a Belgian architect and designer who is most famous for his work in the Art Nouveau style.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Henry van de Velde ranks 33 out of 518Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Santiago Calatrava, and Carlo Maderno. After him are Rem Koolhaas, I. M. Pei, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Peter Behrens, Ictinus, and Jørn Utzon.

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Among people born in 1863, Henry van de Velde ranks 13Before him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Paul Signac, Pietro Mascagni, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Constantine P. Cavafy, and David Lloyd George. After him are Carlos I of Portugal, Franz Stuck, George Herbert Mead, Joaquín Sorolla, Austen Chamberlain, and Gaston Doumergue. Among people deceased in 1957, Henry van de Velde ranks 20Before him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Reich, Gichin Funakoshi, Oliver Hardy, and Heinrich Otto Wieland. After him are Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, and Curzio Malaparte.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Henry van de Velde ranks 60 out of 1,190Before him are Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Pepin of Landen (585), Adolphe Sax (1814), and Simon Stevin (1548). After him are Yves Chauvin (1930), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), Isabella of Austria (1501), and Léon Degrelle (1906).

Among ARCHITECTS In Belgium

Among architects born in Belgium, Henry van de Velde ranks 2Before him are Victor Horta (1861). After him are Auguste Perret (1874), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Lambert Lombard (1505), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Fernand de Montigny (1885).