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Architecture, Art Nouveau, Facade, Flowing lines, Jugendstil, Liège, Maison Piot, Oscar Berchmans, stained glass, Victor Rogister, Wrought Iron
Spectacular Art Nouveau pictures in my mailbox!
One of my readers – Ron Conijn – went to Belgium for a few days and just sent me a present: lots, and lots of pictures! And the good thing is, he allowed me to share his beautiful pictures with you. Thank you very much Ron!
17 Rue de Sélys, Liège
Architect Victor Rogister
The House Piot (also called House of Freemasons) is probably one of the most successful achievements of Art Nouveau in the city of Liège. Its facade is dated 1904.
It is the work of architect Victor Rogister (born 10 January 1874 in Verviers and died 23 June 1955 in Liège), one of the best representatives of the Art Nouveau in Liège.
The sculptures were made by Oscar Berchmans (Born in 1869 in Liège – died in 1950 in Spa).
The work of Victor Rogister is a floral kind of Art Nouveau, similar to what was initiated by Victor Horta (1861-1847) in Brussels, as opposed to the geometric kind initiated by Paul Hankar (1859-1901).
According to the information on the French wiki pages, the owl and rooster on the carved heads of the two beautiful young women are symbols of day and night.
If you would like to know more about this building, or about its architect Victor Rogister, please click on either of the below wiki-links. I hope you can read French!
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Wikipage Maison Piot
Wikipage Victor Rogister
Wikipage Oscar Berchmans
Wikipage Victor Horta French
Wikipage Victor Horta English
Wikipage Paul Hankar
About Art Nouveau 
Thank you very much for the lovely pictures, by the way, would you have time to see our website http://www.artdeco-repro.com? Maybe you like our table ware, which you can use daily, also oven and microwave save! It is in the style of 1900.
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Fine pictures by Ron Conijn. From the WIKI site I understand Liege is loaded with Art Nouveau architecture. I will place this city on my bucket list. Ron, thank you for sharing. When in Liege I can also see the famous new railway station by architect Calatrava.
I just joined this AN site. I suggest you add to the links: VVNK 1900 (association of Art Nouveau lovers).
Fred Westen (The Hague).
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Dear Fred, thank you for suggesting I add VVNK1900 to the links. I have added the link. And thanks for reading!
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I have added a link to your blog on the vvnk website.
Eef de Hilster (webmaster vvnk.nl)
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Thank you very much Eef!
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These are very fine pics! Mr. Conijn shows many times the heartshaped forms, which were chracteristic for Rogisters work. For those who are interested in more of his work I can refer to: http://www.rondom1900.nl/Belgie-LUIK.html
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