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Henri Clemens van de Velde
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Noun1.Henri Clemens van de Velde - Belgian architect (1863-1957)


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The Art Nouveau movement was spearheaded by Belgian architects Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde.
ranking one art above the others," wrote artist Henry van de Velde in 1895, articulating a doctrine of art nouveau: art should affect the lives of all people, should enter their homes and influence their furnishings, uniting beauty and utility (2).
The exhibition also includes architectural designs and models of the Kroller-Muller Museum--which opened in 1938--produced by Hendrick Petrus Berlage, Henry van de Velde, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well as furniture commissioned by the Kroller-Mullers from Berlage and a magnificent stained glass window designed by Bart van der Leck.
 
 
 
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