Situering. Fahr Becker, Gabriel. Hôtel Tassel, Brussels. Between 1892 and 1894, a European movement was born in Brussels which would rejuvenate the applied arts, and later be called Art Nouveau, Nieve Kunst, Style Liberty, Jugendstil or Modernism.Tassel House is considered the first architectural work of this movement. His Hôtel Tassel in Brussels built in 1892-3, is often considered the first Art Nouveau house, and, along with three of his other early houses, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Victor Pierre Horta was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. El Modernismo. The Horta Museum is located in the private house and studio of Victor Horta (1861-1947).
Victor Horta (6 January 1861 – 9 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer. Victor Horta had just completed a pavilion, at the Cinquantenaire, designed to house a monumental sculpture by Jef Lambeau symbolising The Human Passions, when his two fellow freemasons, Eugène Autrique and Emile Tassel, each entrusted him with the construction of a grand townhouse. His Hôtel Tassel in Brussels built in 1892–1893, is often considered the first Art Nouveau house, and, along with three of his other early houses, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Hôtel Tassel is a townhouse in Brussels, Belgium, designed by Victor Horta for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel and built from 1892–93. Victor, Baron Horta, an outstanding architect of the Art Nouveau style, who ranks with Henry van de Velde and Paul Hankar as a pioneer of modern Belgian architecture. Victor Pierre Horta (6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. It is the product of a time an… The Hôtel van Eetvelde, designed in 1897 by Victor Horta—the architect considered to be the father of Art Nouveau—suggests a different story. It was built for the leading chemist Armand Solvay, who gave Horta free reign to draw up a magnificent space for Solvay’s beloved wife. In this townhouse for one of his typical professional clients from the 1890s - in this case, one of his colleagues at the Université Libre de Bruxelles - Horta fuses the twin themes of nature and industry almost seamlessly.
Born in Ghent in 1861, Horta first studied architecture at the Academie des Beaux-Arts and the Royal Athenaeum in Ghent. Hotel Tassel. Victor Horta’s iron architecture: a structural analysis. In this townhouse for one of his typical professional clients from the 1890s - in this case, one of his colleagues at the Université Libre de Bruxelles - Horta fuses the twin themes of nature and industry almost seamlessly.