Hunting Lodge St. Hubertus, Berlage’s Gesamtkunstwerk
On the last day of summer in 2018 (a beautiful 13th of October!) I visited Hunting Lodge Saint Hubertus, one of …
Tag Archives: Henry van de Velde
A Line is a Force – Henry van de Velde’s Guiding Artistic Principle
In December 2017 I had the privilege to get a private tour of the exhibition Henry van de Velde – …
The Intoxicating Effect of Beauty
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund A few weeks ago, I accepted a very kind invitation from the Museum für Kunst …
What if you DON’T have that kind of money…?
Collecting antiques is an expensive hobby. Collecting Art Nouveau antiques might even be more expensive! So what if you don’t …
The Dijsselhofkamer, The Hague
When visiting The Hague’s Gemeente Museum, Art Nouveau lovers are treated to a very special room called de Dijsselhofkamer, the Dijsselhof room. …
Passion – Function – Beauty
In April, I wrote about 2013 being the 150th birth year of Henry van de Velde and I listed the activities taking …
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905)
If I were to name one person who made Art Nouveau big in Europe, it would be Siegfried Bing (1838-1905). During …
Fin-de-Siècle Museum, Brussels
In december 2012, a friend mailed me an article about a new Art Nouveau museum in Brussels. According to the article, the museum …
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 …
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