ART NOUVEAU SUR DEUX ROUES (1)

© J. Diongre (1940)

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Why not change everything? When neo-classical architecture was in full swing, Victor Horta shook up existing ideas and brought new talents to the fore. By playing with different spaces, by exploiting all sorts of ights and colours, and submitting shapes and materials to the will of his pencil, Horta was the precursor of the revolutionary Art Nouveau. The Brussels scene quickly became a hive of frenzied activity thanks to the contributions made by the colleagues of this visionary such as Hankar, Strauven, Blérot, the Delune brothers, Cauchie… and more than twenty others. Without copying one another or even falling prey to imitation, all seemed to be guided towards an objective that was both aesthetic and spiritual: the creation of a unique catalogue of lines, shapes and atmospheres.

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During your walk you will discover: the Horta Museum, the Hannon Hotel, the Constantin Meunier Museum, the Abbey of La Cambre, Flagey, the Ixelles Museum of Fine Arts, the Architecture Foundation, Art Nouveau hotels and houses In the Bailli, Châtelain and Brugmann areas.

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