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    Hector Guimard (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ ɡimaʁ], 10 March 1867 - 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city.
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    Guimard then enrolled in the architecture section of the École nationale des Beaux-Arts, then the foremost architecture school in the world, through which most French architects passed and which featured a global student body, with a growing number of American and central and eastern European students by the late 1880s.
  4. artincontext.org

    Jul 11, 2024Hector Guimard, a seminal figure in the Art Nouveau movement, revolutionized architecture with his innovative designs that seamlessly blended form and function. Born in France in 1867, Guimard's work is characterized by its organic forms, intricate ironwork, and flowing lines, often inspired by natural elements.
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    Creator: Guimard, Hector, 1867-1942, Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Extent: 115 items Language: French . Scope and content: The architectural drawings in the collection represent 20 projects dated from the 1900s to the 1920s.
  7. britannica.com

    Guimard studied and later taught at the School of Decorative Arts and at the École des Beaux-Arts ("School of Fine Arts") in Paris. Although much of his work is more engineering than architecture, he considered himself an architecte d'art. His Castel Béranger apartment building at 16 rue La Fontaine, Passy, Paris (1894-98), was one of the first Art Nouveau edifices outside Belgium ...
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  8. francethisway.com

    Hector Guimard - 20th century French architect. One of the most famous representatives of the French Art Nouveau movement of architecture, Hector Guimard was born in Lyon in 1867. His designs and constructions at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries are today widely recognized and admired around the world.
  9. theartbog.com

    Hector Guimard, born on March 10, 1867, in Lyon, France, was an architect and designer who became one of the most prominent representatives of the Art Nouveau movement in France. His work is celebrated for its organic forms, flowing lines, and integration of architecture with decorative arts, making him a pivotal figure in the transition
  10. famous-architects.org

    Hector Guimard was a notable French interior designer, prominent architect and best known representative of Art Nouveau. He was born on March 10, 1867 in Lyon, France. Following the trends of 19 th century Guimard also studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris from 1882 to 1885. Later in 1885 he started attending ...
  11. encyclopedia.design

    Mar 22, 2024The Architectural Journey Begins. Hector Guimard's path to becoming a pivotal figure in the Art Nouveau movement began in the bustling city of Lyons in 1867. By 1885, his formal education in the arts and architecture had been shaped by the prestigious Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Guimard's early works, such as the Grand Neptune restaurant ...
  12. Hector Guimard (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ ɡimaʁ], 10 March 1867 - 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the ...

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    Hector Guimard

    French architect (1867–1942)

    Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city. He is best known for the glass and iron edicules or canopies, with ornamental Art Nouveau curves, which he designed to cover the entrances of the first stations of the Paris Metro. Between 1890 and 1930, Guimard designed and built some fifty buildings, in addition to one hundred and forty-one subway entrances for Paris Metro, as well as numerous pieces of furniture and other decorative works. However, in the 1910s Art Nouveau went out of fashion and by the 1960s most of his works had been demolished, and only two of his original Metro edicules were still in place. Wikipedia

    BornMarch 10, 1867, Lyon, France
    Age at death75 years
    DiedMay 20, 1942, New York City, United States
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