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Victor Horta

1861 - 1947

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Victor Pierre Horta (French: [viktɔʁ ɔʁta]; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. He was a fervent admirer of the French architectural theorist Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels (1892–93), often considered the first Art Nouveau house, is based on the work of Viollet-le-Duc. The curving stylized vegetal forms that Horta used in turn influenced many others, including the French architect Hector Guimard, who used it in the first Art Nouveau apartment building he designed in Paris and in the entrances he designed for the Paris Metro. He is also considered a precursor of modern architecture for his open floor plans and his innovative use of iron, steel and glass. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Horta is the 28th most popular architect (down from 26th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Architect.

Victor horta is most famous for designing the art nouveau style villa called the josephine baker house.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Victor Horta ranks 28 out of 518. Before him are Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, Frank Gehry, and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. After him are André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Santiago Calatrava, Carlo Maderno, Henry van de Velde, and Rem Koolhaas.

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Among people born in 1861, Victor Horta ranks 10. Before him are Rudolf Steiner, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Georges Méliès, Edith Roosevelt, and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. After him are Georgy Lvov, Erich von Falkenhayn, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, Aristide Maillol, and Robert Bosch. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Horta ranks 16. Before him are George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, Jozef Tiso, Raoul Wallenberg, Pierre Bonnard, and Fiorello H. La Guardia. After him are Alfred North Whitehead, Frances Cleveland, Halford Mackinder, Anton Denikin, Ettore Bugatti, and Aung San.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Victor Horta ranks 52 out of 1,190. Before him are Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), and Paul-Henri Spaak (1899). After him are Julio Cortázar (1914), Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Pepin of Landen (585), and Adolphe Sax (1814).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Belgium

Among architects born in Belgium, Victor Horta ranks 1. After him are Henry van de Velde (1863), Auguste Perret (1874), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Lambert Lombard (1505), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Fernand de Montigny (1885).

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