Réseau Art Nouveau Network
International symposium "Perception of Art Nouveau" - 4 and 5 December 2010 at the
Royal Museums of Art
and History
This event has been labellised in the framework of the Belgian
Presidency of the European Union (programme in progress).
 The
audio recordings of the "Art Nouveau Herbarium" Terrassa Historical
Lab lectures are now online!
Access the lectures
Events
 5th
Art Nouveau Festival in Bad Nauheim - from 10th to 19th September
2010
Monument protection, handcraft, and a travel in the past back to
1900.
Let´s participate in the 5th “Jugendstilfestival” in Bad Nauheim
from 10th to 19th September! Go back to the time when the tsarina
Alexandra came to Bad Nauheim 100 years ago. Music, expositions,
food, clothes make you live an incredible time travel in our city.
Exactly 100 years ago the russian tsarina Alexandra came to Bad
Nauheim to go for a course of treatment in a spa for 6 weeks, in the
new modern styled installations of Bad Nauheim. Since “Alix” was not
only accompanied by members of her family, but also by the whole
royal suite, her visit turned into a worldwide media-related event.
This attraction is the central point of this year`s Art Nouveau
Festival. The slogan “The prosperity time of the Modern style, the
visit of the family of the czarin 100 years ago” attracts a lot of
concerts, expositions, conferences and visits, partly in Russian.
The festival takes place in the largest connected construction of
art nouveau in Europe: the Sprudelhof and the Trinkkuranlage in Bad
Nauheim.
From the 11th to the 12th September more than 60 selected artists
expose the large manual repertoire from the art nouveau time on the
market of restaurators and artisans. The visitors can also look at
the restaurators and notice with such professional care how the
wallpaper, the furniture and the illustration accurately maintained
and repaired are. Works of marble, mosaic and glass are produced in
an incredible way and extraordinary unique jewellery creations can
be bought.
Complete programme on the website
www.jugendstilfestival.de
 European
Heritage Days in Brussels - 18 and 19 September 2010
The next European Heritage Days in Brussels will take place on the
18th and 19th of September 2010 on the topic « Stone & Co ». More
than 110 venues will allow the visitors to discover, understand or
simply appreciate stone through all its forms and functions. Guided
tours (especially in sign language), walks, bus and bicycle trips
and educational activities will be planned. Two exhibitions, "Stone
& Co" (together with a publication under the same name) and "2010
Monuments International Photographic Experience" will be on show at
the Halles Saint-Géry.
See poster
See press release : in French
in Dutch
See leaflet : in French
in Dutch
 Opening
of the renovated Urbanc department store
The renovation of the art nouveau department store in Ljubljana, the
Urbanc house will be finished at the end of September to host the
Emporium fashion store.
The department store was built in 1903 by Felix Urbanc,
distinguished Ljubljana tradesman with manufactured textile on the
Prešeren square. The plans were commissioned to Friedrich Sigmundt,
renowned Austrian architect from Graz, who designed the building in
a French art nouveau style on the model of french department stores
of the late 19th century.
 Unveiling
of the monument to Ivan Hribar
On the 30th of august new monument to Ivan Hribar, mayor of
Ljubljana (1896-1910), the work of the sculptor Mirsad Begić, was
unveiled on the quay of Ljubljanica river. Hribar was meritorious
for the renovation of Ljubljana after the great earthquake in 1895
in art nouveau style.
Exhibitions
On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Charles
Van der Stappen (1843-1910) the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of
Belgium organize a documentary exhibition in order to present the
multiple facets of this sculptor’s work. In 1875, Van der Stappen
became well known and managed to link the study of the antiques and
Italian Quattrocento with the dominant naturalism. He mainly owed
his reputation to his monuments and ornamental façade sculptures.
Produced in an eclectic style, those works have to be situated
between Realism and Art Nouveau. As a teacher and director at the
Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, he gained reputation by his
innovative approach of arts teaching. He developed, in co-operation
with Constantin Meunier, the sculpture programme for the Botanic
Garden of Brussels and he co-operated with Victor Horta in the
domain of the Art Nouveau decorative arts. Due to his fondness for
the contemporary literature, his studio became a popular meeting
point for artists from different fields. We invite you to discover a
selection of his drawings, preparatory sketches, projects, and
archive documents.
"Art Nouveau and Secession - Joseph Maria Olbrich" at the
Leopold Museum in Vienna - from 18 June 2010 to 27 September 2010
In the summer of 2010, the Leopold Museum joins with
Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt to mount the most comprehensive
exhibition to date on the work of Joseph Maria Olbrich
(1867-1908). This large-scale retrospective presents around 300
individual works by this architect and universal artist, thereby
putting Olbrich's work into the aesthetic context of Viennese
Modernism. The works on loan from public and private collections in
Germany and Austria include furniture, textiles, drawings and
watercolors.
 "Wallpapers.
Collection of the Museu de les Arts Decoratives and of the Gabinet
de les Arts Gràfiques de Barcelona" at the
Disseny Hub Barcelona - from 7 July to 31 October 2010
This fourth study gallery scheduled by Disseny Hub Barcelona, which
can be viewed admission free at DHUB Montcada, features a selection
of wallpapers from the collections of the Museu de les Arts
Decoratives and the Gabinet de les Arts Gràfiques. The exhibits are
both local and international and range from the mid-20th century to
the latest trends.
This study gallery is divided into two parts. The first deals with
current wallpaper and the interesting contributions of technological
advances which have influenced design, production and aesthetics.
The second part is devoted to historical wallpaper and includes the
traditional typologies — standard papers, wainscots, borders,
friezes or ceiling panels — and also the most representative styles
from the 19th and 20th centuries, ranging from Neoclassic to the
1970s revival.
 Exhibition
: "Henry van de Velde and Art Nouveau in bookbinding in Belgium"
at the
Wittockiana Library - from 5 October 2010 to 15
January 2011
In Belgium, Art Nouveau style is characterized by the curved and
moving linework as well as a style always more stressed, floral
ornaments going from the figure to the line. The bookbinding circle
was mainly impressed by the strong personality of the architect-designer Henry van de
Velde (1863-1957) who designed between 1893 and 1900 about twenty
decorations for bookbindings dedicated to his own library or to some
other persons close to the Belgian royal family. Not only did he
create the decorations, but he also designed the gilding irons that
his personal bookbinder from Brussels, Paul
Claessens, had made in the Béarel workshop in Paris.
 "Jewelry
by artist. From Modernisme to the early avant-garde"
at the
National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) - from 26 October
2010 to 13 February 2011
The exhibition will reveal how major artists at the forefront of
creative trends in the fertile 20th century --both Catalans and
their international counterparts, from Modernisme to the first
historic avant-garde movements --approached the world of jewellery.
The exhibition will expose the least-known facets of Auguste Rodin,
Hector Guimard, Alphonse Mucha, Josep Hoffmann, Josep Llimona,
Koloman Moser, Serrurier-Bovy, Henry Van de Velde, Manolo Hugué,
Paco Durrio, Xavier Nogués, Pau Gargallo, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy,
Salvador Dalí, André Derain, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder,
Fernand Léger, Charlotte Perriand, Hans Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Man
Ray, Pablo Picasso, Julio González, Henri Laurens and Alberto
Giacometti, as well as many others.
The works on show come from public institutions and museums all over
the world, as well as from private collections and from the MNAC's
own collection. In particular, the exhibition will include works
from different museums all over the world, including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and Whitney
Museum of American Art, in New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum,
in London; the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Musée d'Orsay and the
Musée Rodin, in Paris; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,
in Madrid; the Institut d'Art Modern (IVAM), in Valencia, and the
Museo de Bellas Artes, in Bilbao, amongst many others, and from
numerous private collections in Europe and America.
 "Paul Nicolas (1875-1952). Itinéraire d'un verrier lorrain" at the
Musée
de l'Ecole de Nancy -
from
6 November 2010 to 13 February 2011
Paul Nicolas' route began at the heart of Nancy's Art Nouveau. Hired by Gallé in
1893, he acquired a solid experience and founded his own glassware from 1919.
Far from merely repeting an old-fashioned style, the glassmaker used his
technical knowledge to create high quality non-figurative pieces.
Numerous graphic documents illustrate the gifts of designer Paul Nicolas and his
passion for botanics that stood out at Gallé's. A set of glass held in public or
private collections, demonstrates techniques and formal research conducted
throughout his career by the artist, at Gallé's side, then within the "Gathered
Writers" under the name "D 'Argental "with the factory of Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche,
or under the signature "Paul Nicolas".
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue designed in collaboration with the
Nicolas family.
 "The Age of Symbolism in Latvia" - from 10 June to 19 September 2010
at the
City Hall of Bruxelles
At the end of the 19th century, the Latvian symbolist painters
fought for a strong wind of modernism to blow in Riga. This wind of
modernism already had the visual arts in Europe in its ban.
Velvety impressions, gray-white landscapes and strange and
mysterious scenes: a selection of some 50 works including wonderful
paintings, etchings and drawings of Rozentãls, Purvitis and Walter.
 Presentation
of the
Jugendstilverein at the Sprudelhof until 4 October 2010
Two photographic exhibitions are on show in the thermal complex
(Bath n°4). The first one, by Hiltrud Hoelzinger, combines the
Sprudelhof Art Nouveau heritage with naked bodies (in black and
white) and the second by Hendrik Hoelzinger proposes color
photographs of the Sprudelhof in a more surrealistic style, for
example with animals. The DVD "Jugendstilbad Bad Nauheim"
is screened and two original bath cells demonstrate the ancient
tradition of thermal culture.
Publications
 "Émile
Gallé : l'amour de l'art - Les écrits artistiques du maître de l’Art nouveau" at
Place Stanislas publishing house
Emile Galle is - if not the master of Art Nouveau - at least one of its major
artists. After decades of neglect, his works are now widely recognized and his
artistic ideas were recorded by him in numerous writings (articles, letters,
forewords, records show ...).
In 1908, four years after his death, his widow wrote a first selection of his
texts under the title "Writing for Art" (reprinted in this volume). In The Art
of Love, François Le Tacon has assembled all Gallé's writings related to art,
supplemented by descriptions of important masterpieces by Gallé himself (Table
Flore de Lorraine, Way to Fall, Field of Blood, for example) and the description
of many pieces held by exceptional collectors as Robert de Montesquiou.
All these texts and descriptions are illustrated with color reproductions of
works by Gallé (works, drawings, sketches ...). The publication of Gallé's texts
gathered under the title "L'Amour de l'Art", is organized around six thematic
sections : Considerations on Art, Art and Industry, The School of Nancy,
Ceramics, Glass, Wood.
Edition established and annotated by François Le Tacon. Format 20 x 26 cm. 360
pages in color, with approximately 100 reproductions of works. Hardback bound,
color coated with dust jacket.
ISBN: 978-2-35578-053-0. Price: 35 euros.
 "Charles
Rennie Mackintosh" by James Macaulay at
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd publishing house
A new book charting the Life and Work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been
published. Written by James Macaulay, a former senior lecturer at the Mackintosh
School of Architecture, it contains both historic photographs and modern images
of his major works by the noted architectural photographer Mark Fiennes, this is
an essential and beautiful addition to the Mackintosh canon and to architectural
history. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was Scotland’s greatest architect and
arguably one of the world’s most admired. He had far fewer commissions than his
contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright but with a few bold and innovative
structures—the Glasgow School of Art and Hill House among them—he had a profound
influence on art and architecture at the turn of the twentieth century. Like
Wright, Mackintosh designed in totality, down to the furniture and fabrics used
in his structures, and he was influenced by the Japanese, particularly in the
simplicity of his designs and themes from nature.
Hailed as a pioneer of modernism, Mackintosh was, however, perhaps truer to the
Arts and Crafts movement than has been realised.
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd.• June 2010 • £42.00 • ISBN 978 0 393 05175 9 • 304pp
• 216 x 254mm • 74 colour and 146 black-and-white illustrations
"Maks Fabiani : Dunaj – Ljubljana – Trst" by
Andrej Hrausky and Janez Koželj at Cankarjeva založba
publishing house
Max Fabiani (1865-1962), one of the main
Austro-Hungarian planners and beside Plečnik also the biggest
Slovenian architect. At the time that monarchy reached the highest
social recognition and reputation: he was the first architect with a
doctorate in the monarchy, a personal adviser to the throne, Franz
Ferdinand, collaborator with Otto Wagner
and professor in Vienna.
In Slovene. Cankarjeva založba, 2010. ISBN:
978-961-231-736-2. Photographer: Miran Kambič.
 "Secesija
u Arhitekturi Rijeke" (Art Nouveau architecture in Rijeka) by Julija Lozzi Barkovic
at Izdavački Centari Rijeka publishing house
In front of many interested visitors on Tuesday, the 6th May 2010.
at 20 hours, in the Museum of the City of Rijeka was presented the
book named "Art Nouveau architecture in Rijeka" which author is
Julija Lozzi Barković, associate professor in the department of Art
History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Rijeka. This is an
extensive and extremely well-equipped book emerged as a result of
many years of scientific research of the author. The book is
graphically one of the best which were published in recent years in
Rijeka. Material is presented in systematic, precise, clear and
usable way which makes the book suitable for the regular use, says
director of the Museum of the City of Rijeka, Ervin Dubrović, one of
the presenters of the book.
In Croatian. Izdavački Centari Rijeka, 2010. ISBN :
978-953-6939-36-7.
Guided Tours
 European
heritage days in Bad Nauheim - 11 and 12 September 2010 at the Sprudelhof
Guided tours of the Sprudelhof baths and an opening concert will be
organized at the occasion of the European heritage days.
See
opening concert programme (11 September)
See guided
tours programme (12 September)
 European
heritage day at the crematorium of La Chaux-de-Fonds - 11
September 2010
Buildings and places related to the circle of life - such as
maternities, hospitals, schools, training institutes, churches,
psychiatric clinics, sanatoriums, cemeteries, etc.- are especially
interesting cultural goods : as public buildings, they are noted by
their quality, from the urban planning point of view as well as
architecture, and are located in strategic places in cities and
sites. Moreover, they witness the way central questions of life are
dealt with : birth, joys, pain and death. In the framework of this
topic, guided tours will be organized at the crematorium and
slaughterhouse of La Chaux-de-Fonds.
See guided tours programme
News Archive
Below you will find old news items from our website's news section.
2010
 Our
multimedia presentation "Art Nouveau & Society" permanently screened at the
Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital
This 15 minutes film aims
to present Art Nouveau in Europe and was screened in all the
partner cities. Designed to be a permanent tool for our partners, it
shows the cultural and social history of Art Nouveau and the times
in which it grew. In a departure from the Network’s earlier
exhibition (Art Nouveau in Progress), the contextual production
emphasizes the wider relevance of the pan-European phenomenon
that was Art Nouveau, thereby linking the past with the future.
See teaser
See poster
See press pack
(English)
 New
pages for the cities of Palermo and Rijeka
Palermo (Italy) and Rijeka (Croatia) joined the association Réseau
Art Nouveau Network asbl last december and now have their own pages
on our website.
Direct access
to Palermo pages
Direct access to Rijeka pages
Our website is getting bigger with more than 300 links and 140
PhD theses related to Art Nouveau!
Access to links page
Access to the list of PhD theses
 Sagrada
Família : 2010 Covering the Central Nave
In 2010 the
Church of
the Sagrada
Família
reaches the
final
straight of
one stage
and a new
cycle begins.
It is now
127 years
since the
spiritual
association
of devotees
of Saint
Joseph laid
the
foundation
stone of
this
magnificent
dream, which
Antoni Gaudí
was
entrusted to
transform
into one of
the greatest
churches in
the world.
It was
however a
dream of
such
magnitude
that it
would be his
successors
who would
have to
continue the
construction
work.
Despite many
historical
reverses,
generation
after
generation
of the
people of
Catalonia
have never
failed to
demonstrate
their desire
to persevere
with the
building and
have never
ceased to
lend it
their
support.
Now, with
the advent
of 2010 and
in
accordance
with the
1:10 scale
model left
by Gaudí,
covering of
the Church's
central nave
means the
interior
will have
been
concluded. A
significant
part of this
huge project
will thus
have come to
an end,
enabling it
to be opened
for worship
and to
become a
place of
prayer and
fraternal
message.
The 4,500
m2
nave,
capable of
holding some
8,000 people
and more
than 1,100
choristers,
will offer
the
possibility
of living a
unique
aesthetic
experience,
thanks to
the original
conception
of the space,
to a
singular
application
of geometry
and to the
materials,
shapes and
colours
employed.
With the
conclusion
of this work
it may be
said that
around 60%
of the
Church has
now been
built.
 "Camille Martin - A feeling for nature" - from 26 March to 29 August
at the
Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy
Camille Martin, during his brief career, appeared like one of the
most promising artist of the Ecole de Nancy. His taste and skills in
numerous techniques makes him the ideal representative of the modern
and free artist. Hundreds of works (paintings, sketches, prints and
book bindings) will give for the very first time a better assessment
of his work.
Press release available
in French in PFD format
 "Paris-Brussels" - from 24 March to 29 August 2010 at the
Architecture Museum - La Loge in Brussels
Following Brussels-Vienna in 2007, first exhibition of a series
exploring the architectural comings and goings between the capital
city of Belgium and its European Neighbors, the exhibition "Paris –
Brussels" shows the often neglected richness of Belgian-French
architectural exchanges at the 19th and 20th centuries. Hundreds of
original documents illustrate two centuries of relations and crossed
productions between the two capital cities.
Press release available in
French,
English
or
Dutch. The exhibition catalogue (by Maurice Culot and Anne-Marie
Pirlot) is also available in French (ISBN:978-2-87143-232-6).
 Public
tours at the National and University Library - from 5 July to 16
August 2010
The National and University Library is one of the
most important national educational and cultural institutions of
Slovenia. It is located in the centre of Ljubljana in a building
designed by the architect Joze Plecnik in the years 1930-1931 and
constructed between 1936 and 1941. The building is considered one of
the greatest achievements by Plecnik.
 Release
of the 15th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the
Urban
Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council, which has the
common commitment to find useful and efficient mechanisms for the
protection and promotion of
Europe’s Art Nouveau heritage.
Coup de Fouet n°15 cover and
table of contents
 New citymaps of Uccle and Forest by the
Direction of Monuments and Sites of the Brussel-Capital Region
Following Saint-Josse, Etterbeek, Ixelles,
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Saint-Gilles, Schaerbeek and
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, it is the turn
of the towns of Uccle and Forest to unveil its partly Art nouveau heritage. The bilingual street maps (available in French and
in Dutch), aimed at adults as well as youngsters, offer different walks to discover the architectural richness of the towns.
Download the map of Uccle in PDF in
French (Uccle) or
Dutch
(Ukkel)
Download the map of Forest in
French (Forest) or
Dutch (Vorst)
 Last
minute : "Miran Kambic : Architecture in Photography - Art Nouveau
photographs" at Tivoli park in Ljubljana - until 19 July 2010
"Architecture in Photography" is an outdoor exhibition featuring 116
photographs of Ljubljana's Art Nouveau heritage. In his photographic
work, Miran Kambic, born in 1965 and educated as an architect,
specializes in architectural photography. His photographs are
regularly published in specialist magazines in Slovenia and abroad.
 Opening
of the
Museum of Catalan Modernista Art
Barcelona's first museum devoted exclusively to Modernisme opened on
19 March 2010. Containing works by leading Catalan artists, it is
housed in a Modernista building at Carrer Balmes 48, designed by
architect Enric Sagnier. The museum is the result of a private
initiative by art collectors and gallery owners Fernando Pinós and
Maria Guirao, who have assembled in an area of 1,000 square metres a
total of 350 works in the fields of painting, sculpture and the
decorative arts. The 42 artists represented include Gaudí, Busquets,
Llimona, Arnau, Casas, Renart, Rusiñol, Gargallo and Anglada
Camarassa.
 The
catalogue Art Nouveau in progress in now on sale
For further information. Exhibitions International
: Email:orders@exhibitionsinternational.be
Website:
www.exhibitionsinternational.be
Historical
Lab I: "The Art Nouveau Herbarium", on 3 June 2010 in Terrassa,
Spain
Through the Historical labs, we hope to create a exchange platform of
knowledge at a European scale. The content of Historical Labs
gathers research, experience and know-how so that the programme
could interest the general public and professionals. The first
Historical Lab of the project "Art Nouveau & Ecology" will take
place in Terrassa on 3 June and will explore the following topic: "The
Art Nouveau Herbarium". The event is opened to the public. Free
entrance.
Programme
(Catalan-French-English)
Know more about our Historical Labs
 The
five-year project "Art Nouveau & Ecology" was selected by the
European Commission in the framework of the Culture 2007-2013
Programme
The project led by the Direction of Monuments and Sites of the
Brussels Capital Region will start in May 2010 and take end in April
2015, gathering the following partner cities: Brussels (BE), Alesund (NO), Aveiro (PT),
Bad Nauheim (DE), Barcelona (ES), Darmstadt (DE), Helsinki (FI),
Ljubljana (SI), Nancy (FR), Milan (IT), Riga (LV) and Terrassa (ES),
as well as three associated partners: Glasgow (UK), La
Chaux-de-Fonds (CH) and La Habana (Cuba).
The current strong topic of ecology will be the basis for new
achievements, including a travelling exhibition, conferences and
educational tools as well as a feasibility study for a new
exhibition aimed at the visually impaired public.
 Press
conference opening the project "Art Nouveau & Ecology", on 17 May
2010 at the Delegation of Regione Lombardia in Bruxelles
During the conference, our five-year project selected in the
framework of the programme Culture 2007-2013 will be presented to
the international media as well as the diplomatic corps, the
delegations and representations to the Europen Union and to the
European Commission.
Know more
 The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will participate to the "Rencontres" in Rijeka:
"Towards a new cultural tourism?" - from 6 to 9 May 2010
In 2005, estimates from the World Tourism Organization anticipated
that by the year 2020 Europe would be the world top receiving region
with 717 million visitors. Tourism seems to be more than ever a key
sector of the European economy. The aim of this meeting is to foster
the debate between experts, professionals of the culture and tourism
sectors and elected leaders from local and regional authorities, in
order to confront the innovative practices in this field and to
wonder about the future of cultural tourism.
 6th
Barcelona Modernisme Days - 28, 29, 30 May 2010
During three days, the Barcelona Center will live like in Modernisme
times, through workshops for children, music, magic, shows, crafts
events, an exhibition of 20th century cars, stands dedicated to
promote the modernist heritage, other professions and traditional
products, etc. and all participants will be dressed like a hundred
years ago. This event is organised by the shopkeepers association CorEixample
and the Urban Landscape Institute of the City of Barcelona.
 100th
anniversary of the Art Nouveau Theatre in Bad Nauheim - 8 May 2010
The theatre was constructed by the Sprudelhof architect Wilhelm Jost
and decorated by the artists of Mathildenhoehe Darmstadt. The
Kurhaus was bombed during the second world war, moreover, a fire
destroyed the theatre in 1980. However, the theatre was restored in
the 1980ies so that it today appears almost like the original
building: with columns, arcades and scultures of musicians outside
and inside with wrought iron banisters of the stairs, beautiful
lamps in the foyer and precious ones in the theatre, paintings on
the ceiling, around the stage and the balconies. The foyer is today
decorated with original paintings of the artist Wilhelm Kleukens.
Today, the theatre hosts preformances such as concerts, shows and
theatre. The anniversary is organised by the building owner,
US-hotel group Dolce.
 Publication:
"La fantastique architecture d'Alban Chambon" in Brussels
There are many ways to be an architect and to make architecture…
First as a worker, then an industrial artist, turned out in the
Parisian design companies in the 1860s, Alban Chambon became a
talented supervisor, staggering under orders in Brussels, London,
Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris and Ostend a few years later. In Paris, the
Ranelagh Theatre, the only remaining element of a large property and
in Brussels, the now listed living-rooms of the Metropole Hotel show
his abounding talent. This book traces the rise and fall of this man
who was not born or educated in his time to invent a new
architecture, and yet did it, strangely indeed, but with gusto, on
the fringe, by winning performance as the architect of light show
and magic, music hall, by creating a universe as a space of fantasy
with the malice of a Jules Verne, a Georges Melies or a Max Linder.
Jean-Paul Midant teaches history at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure
d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes
de Chaillot in the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris.
He is the author of several books and numerous articles, on both
19th and 20th century architecture. This book is the result of his
doctoral thesis in 1992, conducted under the direction of François
Loyer, in collaboration with the Archives d'Architecture Moderne in
Brussels.
"La fantastique architecture d'Alban Chambon" by Jean-Paul Midant,
ed. AAM, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-87143231-9.
 Release
of the 14th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban
Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council, which has the
common commitment to find useful and efficient mechanisms for the
protection and promotion of
Europe’s Art Nouveau heritage.
Coup de Fouet n°14
cover and
table of contents
 The Network welcomes six new member cities
During its last general assembly, the Réseau Art
Nouveau Network agreed to accept six new members: Budapest (Hungary),
La Habana (Cuba), Palermo (Italy), Rijeka (Croatia), Varese (Italy)
and Vienna (Austria).
You can already have a look on the information
available about Budapest, La Habana, Varese and Vienna in our
section "Cities info" ; the pages about Palermo and Rijeka will soon
be created.
 Exhibition
"Joseph Maria Olbrich - Architect and designer of early modernism"
at the
Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt - from 7 February to 24 May 2010
Ten years, three studio locations: Vienna,
Darmstadt, Düsseldorf. Projects throughout the whole of Europe and
in the United States: from Paris to Turin, Milan, London, Berlin,
Dresden and Moscow, right up to Belgrade, Strasburg, Karlsbad and
St. Louis. A diverse range of architectural tasks, from
international construction exhibitions to city villas, workers'
housing projects, factories, garden city and water towers, train
station and indoor swimming pool, right up to a spa hotel complex
and a fountain colonnade. Complete interior designs for palaces,
private homes, apartments, shops and even ships. Designed objects
from reading stand to clothes hanger, magnifying glass, umbrella
grip, thermometer, stand-up clocks, right up to cash register, gas
hearth and automobile, to name just a few. This is the hardly
imaginable balance of an all-too-short artist life around 1900 - the
central creative years of the tireless architect and designer Joseph
Maria Olbrich from 1898 and 1908.
 Exhibition
"Modernista - Gaudi and his contemporaries in Modern Day Barcelona"
in the
Lighthouse building in Glasgow - from 14 November 2009 to 28
February 2010.
Commissioned in the context of Scotland's
developing cultural links with Catalonia and marking the centenary
of Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, the exhibition
and associated publication are a personal response to Modernisme and
how the architecture now sits within the context of 21st century
Barcelona. The project documents work by Antoni Gaudi i Cornet along
with buildings by Lluis Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i
Cadafalch.
 Brussel-Capital
Region gives a planning permission for the restoration and
renovation of the Palace in Brussels
Built by the architect Paul Hamesse in 1913, the
cinematographic theatre "Pathé Palace" was an avant-garde place as
brasserie, concert hall and cinema altogether. The plans of this
masterpiece of Paul Hankar's student included a brasserie, a
restaurant, concert hall, cinema and even a winter garden to fully
express the geometrical Art nouveau of the time.
Closed in the 70 with the decline of cinema, the
building has been reallocated several times without success in the
2000 years before being bought by the French Community who now
wishes to have it renovated into a cinema-bar-exhibition place. The
opening of the new palace should take place in 2012.
 Apollo
cinema endangered in Tbilisi
The most significant monuments of Georgian Art
Nouveau are movie theatres. The arrival and then spreading of Art
Nouveau architecture and cinema took place simultaneously and the
coincidental success of these two innovations has been very
important in Georgia. A good example of this is cinema “Apollo”, an
Art Nouveau movie theatre built in 1909. Today it is in serious
technical condition and is not functioning anymore. The movie
theatre “Palace”, built in Tbilisi in 1914, is not operational today
either. In the middle of the 20th century, Art Nouveau style movie
theatres “Mon Plaisir” in Kutaisi and “Apollo” in Batumi were
destroyed, therefore in Georgia the cinema "Apollo" is the only Art
nouveau movie theatre preserved in its original form. Apollo would
now need to be properly restorated to become a movie theatre again.
 Two
new publications about Art nouveau supported by
Brussels-Capital Region
Chefs d'oeuvre de l'Art nouveau à Bruxelles:
between guidebook and art book, this publication leads the
reader to discover 24 masterpieces of Brussels Art nouveau, some of
which being little known, such as the Beukman House, built by Albert
Roosenboom, the magnificent Otlet Hotel by Octave Van Rysselberghe,
or Doctor Van Neck's clinic built by Antoine Pompe. This richly
illustrated book also includes portraits and biographies of young
architects from this artistic movement.
By Christian Mesnil, Ed. Aparté, 2010. With the
support of the Brussels-Capital Region. ISBN : 2930327227. Price:
28,50 €.
Hankar et l'Hôtel Ciamberlani. Un palais
déguisé en maison de ville. The Ciamberlani Hotel, 48 rue
Defacqz in Brussels, which sgraffiti enlighten the facade, has been
restorated from 2004 to 2009. This book, made up by enthusiastic
owners of the Hotel Delphine and Olivier Laforge, sums up this 5
year restoration process.
Texts from F. Loyer, V. Heymans, H. Guéné, A. Van Loo, G. Conde-Reis,
A-S. Augustyniak, Q. Demeure, G. Vanbellingen, C. Fontaine, C. de
Boulard, G. Pirlet, C. Lechien, D. Laforge, F. Aubry. Photographs:
M. Louel. Ed. Aparté - Day Off, 2010. Infos:
www.dayoff.be
info@dayoff.be With the support
of the Brussels-Capital Region. ISBN : 2930327243. Price: 24 €.
 Exhibition
"Lilies sprung upon a barren rock" at the
Museum of Applied Arts in
Budapest - until 28 March 2010
The exhibition curated by Zsolt Somogyi displays the
works of Hungarian Art Nouveau Furniture Designers and runs until
the 28 March 2010.
 New
publication by the
Ecole de Nancy Museum
Art Nouveau knows a great development at the
Ecole de Nancy, funded by Emile Gallé and gathering major artists,
such as Louis Majorelle, Victor Prouvé, Jacques Gruber, Eugène
Vallin or the Daum brothers.
Furniture, ceramics, glass, stained-glass windows,
book binding, textiles... All techniques related to decorative arts
participate to a production inspired by the nature of shaped and
entirely new designs.
Created in 1900, the Ecole de Nancy Museum
gathers exceptional works, mostly thanks to the generosity of
artists and their descendants, but also of sponsors such as Eugène
Corbin who gave his collection to the City of Nancy in 1935. This
book presents a wide selection of works, sometimes unique and
symbolizing the great creative feature of Nancy in the 1900 years.
Le Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, oeuvres choisies,
by the Ecole de Nancy Museum (miscellaneous authors). Somogy
Editions d'Art, 2009, ISBN: 978-2-7572-0248-7.
2009
 The
Network invited to speak at the SIMESITEM conferences at the
Carrousel du Louvre in Paris - 26 January 2010
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network will attend the
SIMESITEM in the framework of the conference "A la recherche des
publics - Culture en ville et attrait touristique".
Our partner from La Chaux-de-Fonds will talk
about its local experience of tourist promotion, especially through
the UNESCO candidature and the event "Art nouveau La Chaux-de-Fonds
2005-2006".
The
multimedia presentation "Art nouveau and Society" screened in Reims
until 25 January 2010
The Reims Museum of Fine Arts is now screening
the multimedia presentation "Art nouveau and Society" from 13
November 2009 to 25 January 2010 in the framework of the exhibition
"Art nouveau Art déco... Un art de vivre".
This 15 minutes film aims
to present Art Nouveau in Europe and is screened in all the
partner cities. Designed to be a permanent tool for our partners, it
shows the cultural and social history of Art Nouveau and the times
in which it developed. In a departure from the Network’s earlier
exhibition (Art Nouveau in Progress), the contextual production
emphasizes the wider relevance of the pan-European phenomenon
that was Art Nouveau, thereby linking the past with the future.
 Biennial
Art nouveau festival in Brussels from 3 to 25 October, 2009
The fifth Biennial Art nouveau event in Brussels will examine the
theme of "From Art nouveau to Art Deco" and offers a unique
opportunity to visit more that fifty interiors of buildings in
Brussels during the first four weekends of October 2009. The
association "Voir et Dire Bruxelles" hopes that the decision to
extend the theme of this year's Biennial event to include Art Deco
will enable the public to discover some of the city's architectural
gems from the inter-war years, many of which remain relatively
unknown... The event will stress the architectural variety of these
two major styles in Brussels. While many splendid private mansions
will again be opened to the public, there will also be access to
schools, industrial buildings, public buildings, more modest houses,
hotels and shops... this diversity of building types demonstrates
the richness of the Art nouveau and Art Deco styles as used in the
Brussels cityscape. The guided tours will enable members of the
public to understand how these buldings have been preserved,
inhabited and sometimes completely changed, while remaining
remarkable witnesses to this priceless heritage.
Please find all guided tours in our "agenda" section. Practical information:
www.voiretdirebruxelles.be
 Exhibition
dedicated to the listed buildings of the city of Ålesund at the
Jugendstilsenteret
The reconstruction of the town centre of Ålesund after the town fire
of 1904 gave the town a remarkably homogenous architecture: a
striking, local interpretation of Art Nouveau concentrated in a
limited area. The town’s architecture is of high artistic,
architectural and cultural historic value. That is why, over the
period 1985-2003, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage chose to
list a total of ten Art Nouveau buildings in Ålesund.
 3d
Day of Clock Heritage in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle on November
7th, 2009
Discover the the exciting world of watchmaking in the heart of its
production. A rare chance to visit workshops and factories which
develop and manufacture Swiss made watches. But also an opportunity
to browse museums and other places of the towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds
and Le Locle, both freshly inscribed on the World Heritage List of
UNESCO for their watch urban heritage.
Program available this autumn at the Tourism neuchâtelois +41 (0) 32
889 68 95 or
www.patrimoinehorloger.ch
 New
website for the Art Nouveau European Route
The Art Nouveau European Route now has a new website
www.coupdefouet.eu where you can find information pages about
each partner city and also the PDF versions of the CoupdeFouet
magazine, which 13th issue has just been published.
Access to the magazine page
Listing at the UNESCO World Heritage for La Chaux-de-Fonds and
Brussels
The clock heritage of the cities of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
has just been listed by the UNESCO World Heritage.
It is also the case for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built
between 1905 and 1911 by the famous Austrian architect Joseph
Hoffmann.
 Exhibition-folder
"The Ecole de Nancy at the International Exhibition of the East of
France, Nancy, 1909" at the Museum of the Ecole de Nancy - from 27
May 2009 to 3 January 2010
At the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the exhibition, the
Museum of the Ecole de Nancy will remind the last participation of
the Ecole de Nancy to an international exhibition through works from
the collection that were displayed at the time and ancient documents
illustrating the pavilion created by Eugène Vallin in the Park
Sainte-Marie.
 Extraordinary
tours 2009 at the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy
A privileged moment in the heart of the collections... Guided tours
for amateurs and Art Nouveau lovers... Every saturday at 11.00 a.m.,
from July to October, with a lecturer from the museum culture
department.
Programme of guided tours (in French)
 Exhibition
"The Cauchie House and the poster-facade" at the Archive of Modern
Architecture in Brussels - from 22 June to 25 October 2009
From summer 2009, an exhibition will focus on the "poster-facade"
topic around the Cauchie House, undeniable masterpiece of Art
Nouveau in Brussels. "poster-facade" means a facade expressing a
cultural, philosophical, commercial message…, independant from the
building behind, such as the newspaper La Dépêche du Midi by Léon
Jaussely in Toulouse or, more recently, Le Monde in Paris. In
Brussels, the facade of the Cauchie House is the most striking
example of poster-facade; it here expresses the desire to draw the
attention of passer-bys and invite to know more about the art of the
owner, an artist- designer who specialized in architectural
sgraffito. The exhibition will compare the Cauchie House facade to
other facades in Europe. Exhibition organized by the Archive of
Modern Architecture in association with the Cauchie House
Association.
 The
Réseau Art Nouveau website now available in 7 languages!
Our website
www.artnouveau-net.eu is now available in Catalan,
German, Slovene, Italian and Norwegian !
Access to
Catalan
version
Access to
German version
Access to
Slovene version
Access to
Italian version
Access to
Norwegian version
Screening
of our new multimedia presentation "Art Nouveau and Society"
This 15 minutes film aims
to present Art Nouveau in Europe and will be screened in all the
partner cities. Designed to be a permanent tool for our partners, it
shows the cultural and social history of Art Nouveau and the times
in which it developed. In a departure from the Network’s earlier
exhibition (Art Nouveau in Progress), this contextual production
will emphasize the wider relevance of the pan-European phenomenon
that was Art Nouveau, thereby linking the past with the future.
See teaser
See poster
See press pack
(English)
Aveiro: permanent screening at the new Art Nouveau museum
Alesund: from May to December 2008 at the
Jugendstilsenteret
Bad Nauheim: 14 September 2008 in the Sprudelhof, Spa House 6 -
See poster
Barcelona: from 22 October at the
Hotel Casa Fuster
Bruxelles-Brussel: 15 October to 22 February 2009 at the
Musée du Cinquantenaire -
See
poster
See invitation
Glasgow: from 11 October 2008 on the third floor of the
Lighthouse
Helsinki: permanent screening at the
City Museum of Helsinki
La Habana: from 7 to 14 November in the framework of the Belgian
week
Ljubljana: from 4 November at the
National Gallery
Lodz: in September 2008 at the Art Centre or at the Textile Museum
(to be confirmed)
Nancy : from 22 October at the
Musée Ecole de Nancy
Provincia di Varese: launch on 25 October 2008 at the Cinema Nuovo -
Viale dei Mille (Varese) -
See invitation
Riga: launch on 11 March 2009 at the Art Nouveau Centre
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network will participate to the colloquium
entitled "Liberty Style in Palermo and national and international
Art Nouveau experiences" in Palermo - 22 and 23 June 2009
The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, member of
the Réseau Art Nouveau Network, will take part in the colloquium to
present the Réseau Art Nouveau Network at the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of Liberty Style in Italy. Our partners from Lombardia (Regione
Lombardia), Glasgow (The Glasgow School of Art), Helsinki (Helsinki
City Museum), Riga (Riga Technical University and Riga Art Nouveau
Centre) will also participate to the part entitled "The Liberty
Movement in Europe" of the colloquium.
See programme in Italian
 Art
Nouveau weekend in Nancy, from 26 to 28 June 2009
Many exhibitions, guided tours, animations, shows, conferences,
secondhand markets, crafts demonstrations will be organised during
this weekend fully dedicated to Art Nouveau.
See
full programme (in French)
 The
Jugendstilsenteret in Alesund launched its new website
Visit the new website by clicking on your favorite language:
English -
Norwegian
Opening
of the Art Nouveau Museum in Aveiro, Portugal - late June
2009
The restoration work of the Residence Major Pessoa in Aveiro
has just come to an end. Built in 1909, the Casa Major Pessoa is one
of the most remarkable Art Nouveau buildings in the city of Aveiro,
a town that is especially well known in Portugal for its
representative of this artistic style. This house was private
property until recent years and when it became vacant its decay
process began, favored by enclosure and lack of maintenance. Lately
bought by the City, the building is now entirely restored and
converted in an Art Nouveau Museum.
 Publication
of the book "Ruta Sagnier" by the Institut del Paisatge urbà i la
Qualitat de Via de Barcelona
Ruta Sagnier suggests a route around Barcelona (with map) to bring
to light the work of Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia (Barcelona
1858-1931), one of Barcelona's most prolific architects at the end
of the 19th century. It is thus hoped bring him to the attention of
Barcelona's inhabitants and visitors who come attracted by his
architecture.
This publication aims to preserve Sagnier's memory in the history of
Catalan architecture in general and especially in that of Barcelona,
where he left, above all in the Eixample district, a spectacular
legacy – he directed or participated in more than 500 projects.
Sagnier designed some of the city's most important buildings, among
which the Customs Building, Palace of Justice and Tibidabo church
stand out.
Various Authors / Ruta Sagnier / ANTONI SAGNIER and INSTITUT DEL
PAISATGE URBÀ I LA QUALITAT DE VIDA, BARCELONA
296pp. 15x21cm. Colour and b/w iIlustrations. Editions in Catalan,
English and Spanish.
Available in paperback / €15
Further information:
www.rutadelmodernisme.com
 Publication
of a new Schaerbeek citymap by the Region
Brussels-Capital
The town of Schaerbeek unveils its partly Art nouveau heritage. This bilingual street map (available in French and
in Dutch), which is meant for adults as well as youngsters, offers two
2 hours walks to discover the architectural richness of the town. The
map is downloadable from the
Direction des Monuments et Sites website as well as the
website
of the town.
 A
new heritage leaflet for the City of Helsinki
The City of Helsinki published a new leaflet displaying the
architectural heritage of the city so that the visitors could visit
not only central sites, but also go a bit further in other sites.
This leaflet is available in Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian,
German, French, Spanish and Italian.
English PDF version:
part 1 -
part 2
 Restoration
of a gem by Paul Hankar in Brussels
The famous window and interior designs of the former haberdashery 'Niguet',
13 rue Royale from the Art Nouveau architect Paul Hankar is now
protected in the framework of the protection campaign of remarkable
elements of Brussels shops heritage led by Brussels government.
Listed in February 1984, the mahogany and beveled glass window is
the last example of the architect windows. In 1895, Paul Hankar was
asked to transform the shop ground floor of the 1825 building. He
entrust the interior design to his long time associate Adolphe
Crespin, famous poster maker and designer.
 Exhibition
"Majorelle, a modern art of living", Galeries Poirel, Nancy - from 2
May to 30 August 2009
The museum is presenting the first retrospective devoted to Louis
Majorelle and his factory, between 1880 and 1940. Louis Majorelle
has been one of the most impressive personality of the "Ecole de
Nancy" and the history of the decorative arts. He has succeeded in
compelling recognition on both national and international stages
with a typically recognizable style full of dynamics. The exhibition
assembles almost 150 master pieces, some still unknown, belonging to
private and public collections in France and abroad. A catalogue
edited under the direction of Mrs Roselyne Bouvier, curator of the
exhibition and specialist of Majorelle, will be published.
Press pack
 The
activities online are now available in Dutch and Finnish
The activities on line help children to discover Art nouveau through
3 interactive games allowing them to identify and memorize Art
Nouveau patterns and characteristics.
Access to Dutch version
Access to Finnish version
Access to other languages
 5th
Barcelona Modernisme Days - from 22 to 24 May, 2009
This event organized by the CorEixample assocation of traders and
the Urban Landscape Institute of the City of Barcelona aims to
promote modernist heritage and related activities. During three days,
Barcelona city center will revive the Modernist period with
workshops for children, music, magic, shows, crafts events, an
exhibition of 1900 cars, stands promoting Modernist heritage, other
professions and traditional products, etc. and all participants will
be dressed as a century ago.
 The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be present at the heritage fair "Patrimoine en fête",
on April 26th, 2009 at Tour-et-Taxis in Bruxelles-Brussel
The government of the Region Bruxelles-Capitale organizes the
second edition of “Patrimoine en Fête!”. In the framework of the
International Day of Monuments and Sites, this event is meant to be
a great family fair in Brussels. A space of exchanges, animations,
reflection and discoveries fully dedicated to Bruxelles-Bruxelles
and its rich heritage. On the 26th of April 2009, within the
historical site of Tour&Taxis, the professionals of Brussels'
heritage will come and gather for one day. Well-known or less known,
they will come to make us discover their love for Bruxelles-Brussel,
for its monuments and sites and will share their knowledge, know-how
and motivation with the general public.
The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will participate to the colloquium "Le
Regine del Liberty" about European thermal cities at the Palazzo dei
Congressi in Salsomaggiore, les 23 et 24 avril 2009
The Regione Lombardia, member of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network,
will participate to the colloquium to present the Réseau Art Nouveau
Network and its Art Nouveau thermal heritage, at the occasion of the
100th anniversary of Style Liberty in Italy.
See programme (in Italian)
 International
conference "Innovation in glass making and their evolution" - 26, 27
and 28 March 2009 at the Fine Arts Museum of Nancy
Innovation is the main challenge for today's European societies.
However, Or, pour comprendre les enjeux du présent, une meilleure
connaissance des multiples processus d’innovation dans le passé est
nécessaire. C’est dans cette perspective large que le thème des
innovations verrières mérite d’être réinterrogé. Développées depuis
l’Antiquité, les techniques du verre ont connu de très nombreuses
innovations qui n’ont que rarement été mises en regard. Le colloque,
organisé par l'association
Verre et Histoire se propose donc de confronter les recherches
de spécialistes internationaux pour aboutir à une mise en
perspective de longue durée et à une comparaison des différents
types d’innovations et de leurs enjeux sociaux.
Programme en français
Bulletin d'inscription
 The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will participate to the international
conference "Heritage care through active citizenship" in Mechelen,
Belgium - from 23 to 24 March 2009
This European Conference on Civil Society Organisations in the
Field of Heritage will address the issues of active citizenship,
civil society and volunteer organisations (NGOs) within the European
heritage sector. The conference will provide a platform for European
organisations active in all fields of heritage – both tangible and
intangible – to share relevant experiences, good practices and
success stories.
Opening
of the multimedia presentation at "Riga Art Centre" - 11 March 2009
The Latvian version of our multimedia presentation "Art Nouveau &
Society" will open on next March 11th in Riga at the occasion of
theh 150th anniversary of the architect K. Peksens.
Please find all screening dates of multimedia presentation in all
our partner cities below.
The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be present at the
SIMESITEM (Carrousel du Louvre) in Paris from January 27th to
29th, 2009
The SIMESITEM is the one and only trade expo in
France and Europe dedicated to promoting and equipping cultural
sites. The SIME is more specifically a trade show that underscores
the cultural image of local township and institutions and generates
new receipts. It is geared towards professionals in the fields of
culture, tourism, communications, event organization, patronage and
all international, national and local media.
Thanks to a partnership with
Magellan Ecrans, the Network will screen the multimedia
presentation "Art Nouveau & Society". This 15 minutes film aims to
present Art Nouveau in Europe and is screened in all the partner
cities. Designed to be a permanent tool for our partners, it shows
the cultural and social history of Art Nouveau and the times in
which it developed. In a departure from the Network’s earlier
exhibition (Art Nouveau in Progress), this contextual production
emphasizes the wider relevance of the pan-European phenomenon that
was Art Nouveau, thereby linking the past with the future.
Locate our stand on the trade show map
The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network submitted a new five year project in the
framework of the Culture 2007-2013 Programme, under the coordination
of the
Direction des Monuments et Sites from the Region
Brussels-Capitale
The project "Art Nouveau & Nature" aims to develop the Réseau Art
Nouveau Network actions for five more years, but also to create
innovative, original activities never undertaken before in the world
of Art Nouveau. The application submitted on September 30 will be
studied by the European Union, which will return its final verdict
at the end of March 2009.
The project "Art Nouveau & Nature" was presented during a reception
and a press conference on Monday, November 24th, 2008 in the Horta
Museum to the diplomatic corps, representations to the European
Union and international media.
 Publication
of proceedings from the Victor Prouvé conference
The proceedings of the conference organized in June 2008 will be
available from the beginning of March.
See flyer (in French)
 Conference
"The Art Nouveau Architecture of Tbilisi" in London - on 2 April
2009
An illustrated talk by Nestan Tatarashvili at The Gallery, 75
Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL ; 7 p.m. The British Georgian
Society, in association with Alan Baxter Associates. Please contact
the society at the following email if you wish to attend the
conference :
britishgeorgiansociety@yahoo.com .
See invitation
 Up
to 530.000€ to restorate the Horta Museum in Brussels
The sum of 529.609,66€ was released in January to restorate the
backstairs, the kitchen, the stairs to the garden and window frames
from the Horta Museum (25, rue Américaine) in Saint-Gilles,
Brussels, on Emir Kir's initiative as the Regional State Secretary
for Monuments and Sites. The Region participates up to 80% in the
restoration costs. The Horta house, designed by Victor Horta for
himself, was built from 1898 to 1900 and is made up of a private
space, as a house for Victor Horta and his family, and a
professional space, where the master had put his office and workshop
in.
 In
Brussels, the famous café "Cirio" is now protected
On Emir Kir's initiative as the Regional State Secretary for
Monuments and Sites, Brussels government started in early February a
procedure to list the famous café "Le Cirio" located in the rue de
la Bourse, in Brussels. "Le Cirio" is part of a block of facades
from the architect Charles Gys (1883-1886) and is called after his
foundator Francesco Cirio, an Italian businessman who created the
tinned food industry and launched a chain of tasting rooms all over
Europe. "Le Cirio", Brussels branch, is the only one still existing
today ; its three interior rooms are fully preserved, including
various café furniture elements (counter, wall seats, stools, etc.)
and decorations made of wallpapers, panellings, wrought iron
chandeliers, mirrors, etc., inspired from neo-Renaissance or Art
nouveau style.
 Publication
of a new Woluwe-Saint-Pierre citymap by the Region
Brussels-Capital
Following Saint-Josse, Etterbeek, Ixelles,
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean and Saint-Gilles, it is the turn
of the town of Saint-Gilles to unveil its partly Art nouveau heritage. This bilingual street map (available in French and
in Dutch), which is meant for adults as well as youngsters, offers two
2 hours walks to discover the architectural richness of the town.
Download the map in PDF
in French
in
Dutch
 Release
of the 12th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban
Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council, which has the
common commitment to find useful and efficient mechanisms for the
protection and promotion of
Europe’s Art Nouveau heritage.
Coup de Fouet n°12
cover and
table of contents
 Exhibition
- folder - Restoration of a Finot and Muller stoneware vase in Nancy - from 22
October 2008 to 22 February 2009
The Musée Ecole de Nancy keeps 4 vases decorated with vine and wheat
patterns, created by Nancean sculptor Alfred Finot and made by the
factory Muller in Ivry-sur-Seine. After being displayed a long time
in the museum garden, those works were in a worrying state and had
to be studied and restorated. One of them, restorated by Hortense de
Corneillan, specialized in the arts of fire, will be the heart of an
exhibition - folder explaining the long and fascinating
investigation made about these vases, the various searches related
to the restoration and its steps.
 Three
schools from the architect Henri Jacobs listed in Bruxelles-Brussel
The government from the Region Bruxelles-Capitale decided to list
the more remarkable elements (photo: detail of a wall frieze) of
three schools from Henri Jacobs, the most well-known representative
of school architecture in the region of Brussels.
Henri Jacobs is probably the most famous of the second generation of
Art Nouveau architects, i.e. architects who contributed, after
Victor Horta, Paul Hankar and Henri Van de Velde – Art Nouveau great
masters – to spread the style in the region of Brussels. Henri
Jacobs designed private houses and low-rent housing, but he is
especially famous for his school buildings. Besides some of them
have already been listed: the school located on the rue des Capucins
in Brussels, the school of the rue Rodenbach in Forest, or the
famous school complex of the rue de la Ruche in Schaerbeek.
 The
city of Aveiro presents an educational CD-Rom to initiate children
to Art Nouveau
The educational CD-Rom "O Cavalheiro Arquitecto e a Arte Nova" aims
to give various tools helping to discover the Art Nouveau movement
in Aveiro. The buildings and architects, the context and
characteristics are all tackled in a playful way accessible to the
young public (children and youngsters).
Simultaneously, a space dedicated to teachers presents various texts
and suggestions of activities to organise at school or during a
visit of the buildings.
New website and new premises for
Riga
Art Nouveau Centre
The Riga Art Nouveau Centre in Latvia, that used
to be mentioned on the website of the City of Riga, has now its own
website where the centre and Art Nouveau architectural heritage of
the city are presented and where all events related to Art nouveau
in Riga are announced.
The Riga Art Nouveau Centre also moved into new
premises in the Art Nouveau building located at 12, Alberta street,
the facade having being restored a few years ago and the interior
still being in the restoration process.
2008
A
new activity book for children at the Horta Museum
Children will now be able to discover the Art Nouveau house on
Simone's footsteps (architect Victor Horta's daughter). In this
diary-like activity book, the girl explains her father's work, going
through various architectural topics, techniques and architectural
materials. In French.
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network presented in Palermo in the framework
of a conference organised by the Dipartimento di design, Universita
degli studi di Palermo on December 4th, 2008
See programme
Belgian
Week in La Habana - November 7th to 14th, 2008
The Belgian week planned in La Habana's historical centre, aims to
shed light on the bonds between the two countries Cuba and Belgium.
The main theme that will be dealt with during the week of the third
edition is "Material and immaterial heritage". The "material
heritage" part will focus on Art Nouveau architecture, around which
various events will be organised during this week :
Exhibition on Art Nouveau in Brussels in parallel with Art Nouveau
in La Habana - November 7th to 15th in the Galeria del
Convento San Francisco de Asis, third floor
Exhibition "Undiscovered Portrait of Art Nouveau in Brussels":
the photographer Serge Brison gives his view of the Art Nouveau
heritage and by making its undiscovered portrait, explores barely
tackled facets and insists on the present life of this heritage.
Bruxelles' exhibition is a selection of 30 photographs out of
3.000 taken all over Europe.
A view of La Habana's Art Nouveau: even though the Art Nouveau
heritage of La Habana can seem discreet, it is not acknowledged as
it should be. Selecting and displaying isolated elements helps
discovering and revealing the Art Nouveau spirit by distinguishing
details from the whole. A glance on stony details on the façades of "Catalan modernisme"
of La Habana shows how precise are the ironworks,
a tour of different Art Nouveau interiors, to observe the rich
production of mosaiques, the architectural treatment displayed on
the facades and approaching the artistic graphical affluence allow
to present an undeniable presence of Art Nouveau. An essence present
- therefore to discover - in the city and in memory (coordination : Orlando Inclan, oficina del
Historiador).
Conference on Schuiten and Peeters' experience at the Autrique House -
November 10th at 10.30 a.m, Public Library
Ruben Martinez Villena, Plaza de Armas : the experience of restoring
the Autrique House, first work of the architect
Victor Horta, shows many common points with the restoration approach
promoted by the Oficina del Historiador of the City of La
Habana and therefore the cultural use attributed to the building. Those similarities can be used as exchanges and identify similar
processes as those used in the Autrique House.
Comic strips and architectural heritage - from November 10th to
14th, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m: workshops for children "Oyé", this
is Art
Nouveau or My comic strip to discover Art Nouveau
Comic strips workshops aimed at primary school pupils from La Habana Vieja (Old
Habana) are organised around the topic "Architectural heritage
in comic strips". First, it helps children to identify Art
Nouveau amongst the buildings of La Habana Vieja and to know more
about their history in a second step. That way, through the art of
comic strip, children from La Habana Vieja are able to identify the
Art Nouveau style in the historical centre.
2nd
clock heritage day in La Chaux-de-Fonds, November 8th, 2008
Clock heritage days are inspired by European heritage days. This
event aims to get the general public to discover and appreciate the
material and immaterial clock heritage in the cities of La
Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, both candidates to belong to the Unesco
world heritage.
Activities :
- guided tours in Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds and discovery of
clock heritage
- discovery of clock workshops, factories and museums
- films screenings, conferences
Programme (in French)
An Art Nouveau section in the renovated rooms dedicated to European
ceramics in the
Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, in Bruxelles-Brussel
The first section of renovated rooms dedicated to European ceramics
had lately already opened, where you can discover objects from the
XVth to the XIXth century, ending spectacularly with the famous
ceramics collection of Delft. The second part, dedicated to the XXth
century production, has been accessible since last summer. The
public can admire Art Nouveau ceramics, especially a pretty
important collection of Willy Finch's works. The Art Déco style will
also be illustrated by the famous vases designed by Charles Catteau
for Boch Keramis. Most of them come from a collection acquired by
the Foundation Roi Baudouin before being put into storage at the
Musée du Cinquantenaire. After-war and contemporary times are also
represented through decorative or utilitarian works from Pierre
Caille, Roger Somville, Carmen Dionyse, Piet Stockmans, Tjok
Dessauvage, Mieke Everaet and many more.
In Darmstadt, exhibition "Russia 1900: Art and culture in the Empire of the Last
Tsar" - October 12, 2008 - February 1st, 2009
Symbolism, national Romanticism and Neo-Primitivism – Russian art at
the threshold of the 20th century presents itself in various
facettes. The art scene of that period was characterised by the
tension between a leaning towards West European Modernism and the
search for a specifically “Russian” style derived from its own
cultural roots: thus ideas based on folklore, fairy tales and
enjoyment of colour became characteristic hallmarks of Russian art
around 1900.
A special emphasis in the exhibition lies on the Jugendstil in
Russia. It is thus treading new ground, for until now painting,
graphic art, architecture, arts and crafts, and design influenced by
this style have never been shown in these quantities. The exhibition
not only brings together exquisite works of art from the most
important museums in Russia, but also provides insights into the
programmes and reality of the artists’ associations, studios and
factories that were setting the agenda.
The Jugendstilverein
in Bad Nauheim makes copies of Art Nouveau patterns to finance a
restoration of the Sprudelhof
The Bad Nauheim Jugendstilverein in Germany made
the decision to duplicate a seahorse Art Nouveau pattern (see photo)
in order to finance the restoration of the main Art Nouveau site of
the city, the Sprudelhof.
Extension
of the Exhibition
on the architect and applied arts artist Endre Toroczkai Wigand
(1869-1945) in Godollo, Hungary, from February 9th to November,
2008
Since 1900, when Academic Architecture,
Innendakoration and Magyar Iparművészet published some works of Ede
Toroczkai Wigand, his name and interiors attained renown in Europe.
Owing to The Studio and its Yearbooks, Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration,
he became a foreign representative of British (plank) style,
although it was his architecture that was reported from time to
time. It was declared the equivalent of Baillie Scott's in Hungary.
The reason for this qualification was his special composition of
interior spaces. His architecture possesses a seemingly striking
twofold character: modern and vernacular. In both cases, his
composition of different kinds of spaces (as those of Victor Horta,
Antoní Gaudí, and Frank Lloyd Wright) meant an alternative in
architecture during the era of Historicism and Eclecticism, as well
as in engineering. His initiative was to compose spaces instead of
repeating them or copying historical spatial structures, and to
construct large halls. Due to the singular basic method of the two
stylistic paths of Wigand's architecture, the sources of the
vernacular and the modern are one and the same.
A new publication about the work of Henry van de Velde in Poland
In Trzebiechow, since the Second World War a small city in Poland
and before the German city of Trebschen, a sensational artistic
devise was discovered: Henry van de Velde, the famous Belgian
designer of Art Nouveau, created the interieur of a sanatorium there
between 1903 and 1905.
Apart from essays on topics of artistic and historical interest as
well as on the story of recovering the work of van de Velde, the
German-Polish publication contains many actual photos, historic
illustrations, letters and other documents published for the first
time. For what is known by now, the sanatorium's interieur
represents the single opus of van de Velde in Poland.
In
Brussels, the Saint-Cyr House soon renovated
Listed in 1988 and bought in 2006 by the estate company Movast, the
Art Nouveau house is now being renovated with the support of the
Department of Monuments & Sites of the Region Brussels-Capital,
which participated to the front façade restoration costs up to
380.000 €.
The Saint-Cyr house was built between 1900 and 1903 according to the
plans of the architect Gustave Strauven, Victor Horta's student.
This house is a good example of architectural feat, for the
architect took advantage of a very narrow piece of land located in a
bourgeois quarter of North-East Brussels to create a frenzied high
masterpiece, which originated what will be called later "flamboyant
Art Nouveau". On top of two balconies, the last level is made up of
an almost circular loggia topped with a wrought iron element made by
Charles Van Waeyenberghe. The underside of the balconies is
decorated with sgraffitos and the shapes of the window frames are
inspired from the flora world. Finally the richness of the railings,
made of extravagant lines of ironwork, is predominant in the
architecture, overgrowing as creeping ivy.
The
exhibition catalogue "Victor Prouvé (1858-1943)" now available
This book publication complements the exhibition dedicated to Victor
Prouvé in the three museums of the City of Nancy in 2008 and
displays all the disciplines he worked in until the first world war:
painting, fundamental and continuous aspect of Prouvé's work,
together with sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographies ;
decorative arts, which he was one of the most fervent defenders
within the Ecole de Nancy movement ; the multiple image, to which
the artist devoted his attention during his whole carrier.
Around 300 works, from some never exhibited, belonging to the
Nancean collections, to the ones from Parisian great institutions
(Petit Palais, Musée d'Orsay, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Musée des
Arts décoratifs and the Bibliothèque nationale de France), or kept
in private and family collections, make an exceptional corpus,
revealing a great artist from the early XXth century.
This catalogue is the first substantial book published in the late
fifty years ; it gathers contributions from specialists of each
discipline and recall Victor Prouvé's carrier.
"Victor Prouvé (1858-1943)", common work by Christian Debize,
Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Sophie Harent, Emmanuelle Héran, Blandine
Otter, Bénédicte Pasques, Jérôme Perrin, Philippe Thiébaut and Claude
Tillier ; Gallimard. ISBN : 9782070120703.
Art
Nouveau Symposium in Glasgow: "Glasgow, Mackintosh and World
Heritage" - 17 September 2008
Glasgow City Heritage Trust present, as part of a series of evening
symposia looking at architecture, heritage, conservation and the
City of Glasgow - Glasgow, Mackintosh and World Heritage. With
special guest speakers architectural historian and author Ranald
MacInnes and conservation architect Stewart Brown.
Art
Nouveau visits in La Chaux-de-Fonds
Until Saturday 13 September, the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds organizes
French-German Art Nouveau visits every Saturday. Information: +41 32
889 68 95.
Welcome
to our two new members Aveiro and Darmstadt !
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network now counts two new
partner cities: Aveiro (Portugal) and Darmstadt (Germany). The
information pages about these cities will soon be added on our
website.
Walking
in Victor Prouvé's footsteps in Nancy
New ! A virtual and interactive walk "In Victor
Prouvé's footsteps in Nancy", created by the Musée Ecole de Nancy
together with the TIC department of the City of Nancy, has just been
put online on the Ecole de Nancy website.
Access to the walk
Exhibition
'Oriental Fascination' at the townhall of Brussels from the 24th of
June to the 28th of September
An exhibition entitled "Oriental fascination
(1889-1915)" is shown in the cityhall of Brussels from the 24th of
June to the 28th of September. The exhibition gather a special
selection of Japanese prints from one of the greatest oriental art
collections in Europe and inspired works from around twenty Belgian
great artists.
Exhibition
'Miran Kambič: Architecture in Photography' in the Tivoli park
(Ljubljana) until the 30th of July
The exhibition "Miran Kambič: Architecture in
Photography" at the Tivoli park in Ljubljana, displays 116 photos of
Ljubljana's Art Nouveau heritage by the photographer Miran Kambič
until the 30th of July.
Publication
'Art Nouveau in Tbilisi'
A new Georgian-English publication entitled 'Art
Nouveau in Tbilisi', was published by the City of Tbilisi. This
exhaustive guide indexes most of Art Nouveau buildings in Tbilisi,
with photos of the façades and a city map.
New
leaflets published by the Bad Nauheim tourist office
New leaflets about "Jugendstil in Bad Nauheim" were published in
German, French and English by the Bad Nauheim Stadtmarketing und
Tourismus GmbH.
Leaflet in German
English
French
Art Nouveau
festival in Bad Nauheim (Germany) - 20 July to 2 August and 6 to 14
September 2008
An Art Nouveau festival "Bad Nauheim welcomes Russia" will take place
in Bad Nauheim from the 20th of July to the 2nd of August, then from
the 6th to the 14th of September. Experience “Jugendstil” directly!
Bad Nauheim ties 2008 up to its florescence as the art nouveau bath
for the international audience at the turn of the 20th century.
Especially famous Russian patients tarried and relaxed at the health
spa Bad Nauheim at that time. Highlight of these intensive German-Russian
relations were the dedication of the Russian church 1908 and the six
week lingering of the czar family.
A
new website for the Cauchie House!
In Brussels, the private house of the architect Paul Cauchie is an
exceptional example of Art Nouveau architecture inspired from the
Glasgow style. The website is available in French, English, German
and Dutch and tells the story of the house and gives additional
information about Art Nouveau in Brussels.
Visit the website
Release
of the 11th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban
Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council, which has the
common commitment to find useful and efficient mechanisms for the
protection and promotion of
Europe’s Art Nouveau heritage.
A
Centre for Hungarian Art Nouveau in Budapest
A House of Hungarian Art Nouveau was opened in Budapest in the Bedö
house (named after the owner). The main part of the centre is given
over to an exhibition of Tivadar Vad's Art Nouveau collection, Vad
having been collecting Art Nouveau furniture and applied arts
objects for thirty years.
The
network selected as example of good practice by the European
Union
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network has been selected
by the Slovenian cultural contact point of the European Union as an
example of good practice to promote the Culture 2007-2013 programme
and encourage interested candidates to apply to this programme.
Exhibition
Victor Prouvé - The Ecole de Nancy years, May 16th - September 20th,
2008 in Nancy
As a versatile artist, Victor Prouvé probably was
the most complete Nancean originator of arts renovation around 1900.
Painter, sculptor, and drawer all at a time, he was also a precious co-worker
for Gallé, Majorelle and Vallin ; he took an interest in photography,
poster, jewelry, textile and leather, and took over from Emile Gallé
as President of the Ecole de Nancy. From now, only few aspects of his
numerous talents had been touched on in exhibitions or publications.
The 150th anniversary of his birth gives the opportunity to extol the
artist's multiple talents, one of which being a fertile creator
believing in l'Art dans Tout (Art in Everything). Three
exhibitions, conceived as one event, wil be presented from Mai to
September 2008 in the museums of Nancy and will bring a rich and
renewed view of Prouvé's work, with previously unexhibited pieces:
The exhibition catalogue will gather contributions of specialists of
each discipline (art historians, museum curators) and will deal with
the whole career of Victor Prouvé. It will be the first content book
published about the artist in the last fifty years.
See exhibition leaflet
A study day will be dedicated to Victor Prouvé's work and personality
on 6th May, 2008.
Information (in French)
Exhibition
"Peter Behrens: Das Wertheim-Speisezimmer" from March 28th to
October 26th at the Künstlerkolonie Museum
The Mathildenhöhe
Insitute from Darmstadt presents from March 28th to October 26th at
the Künstlerkolonie Museum the exhibition "Peter Behrens : Das
Wertheim-Speisezimmer". Peter Behrens made this Art Nouveau dining-room
at the occasion of the "Modern Home Arts Fair" that took place in
Berlin in 1902. He was one of the leaders of architectural
reform at the turn of the century and was a major designer of
factories and office buildings in brick, steel and glass. Member of
the Darmstadt's artists colony, he is still considered as the first
industrial designer in history.
A
new Art Nouveau museum in Aveiro
The Major Pessoa Residence in Aveiro was changed
into an Art Nouveau museum and will open to the public on May 30th
at the occasion of the opening of the first travelling exhibition of
the Portuguese Art Nouveau Network. During this event, the interior
design projects from the designer Francisco Providencia will also be
presented, together with a CD-Rom aimed at schools entitled "O
cavalheiro Arquitecto e a Arte Nova" ("The Gentleman Architect and
Art Nouveau") and an introductory DVD about Art Nouveau in Aveiro.
The official opening of the museum with all equipments will take
place in Autumn 2008.
Exhibition
"Alexandre Charpentier" at the Musée d'Ixelles (Bruxelles-Brussel)
from May 29th to August 31st
After being shown at the Musée d'Orsay, the
Alexandre Charpentier exhibition will be presented in the Musée
d'Ixelles in Brussels from May 29th to August 31st. This summer, the
Musée d'Ixelles is to be adorned with the colors of the Belle
Epoque. A previously unseen retrospective showing the mercurial
works of the Art Nouveau artist Alexandre Charpentier accompanies
the Museum's presentation of its complete of posters by
Toulouse-Lautrec. In addition, the remarkable collection of
fin-de-siècle selected works from a legacy of Brussels patron of the
arts, Octave Maus. The entire exhibition is testimony to the
artistic creativity of Belgians during the lavish period in art
history. A delight for all.
Publication
of "Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry", edited by Hatje Cantz Verlag on
behalf of Neue Galerie New York
This publication accompanies the first major museum exhibition devoted
exclusively to Wiener Werkstätte jewelry. It highlights masterpieces
created by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto Czeschka, and
Dagobert Peche, among others. Supplemental materials include design
drawings, as well as historic photographs of prominent clients
wearing Wiener Werkstätte jewelry. There is a particular emphasis on
fashion designer Emilie Flöge, confidante of Gustav Klimt, who
assembled a large collection of Wiener Werkstätte jewelry. The
central essay by Neue Galerie assistant curator Janis Staggs
examines hte founding of the Wiener Werkstätte, the development of
its working program, the role of key designers and patrons, and the
legacy of this unique firm. The Wiener Werkstätte, of Vienna
Workshops, was established in 1903. The firm's artistic co-founders-Josef
Hoffmann and Koloman Moser-subscribed to the English Arts and Crafts
ideal of exceptionally well-made objects designed by artists and
executed by specialized craftsmen. Pieces of jewelry were among the
first objects produced by the firm, and proved to be its crowning
achievement. In these spectacular objects, Hoffmann and his peers
realized the aesthetic goal of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of
art, in which design and craftsmanship are at their peak.
Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry, Hatje Cantz Verlag Publications, Germany,
2008. ISBN : 978-3-7757-2165-3. In English.
Two
Art Nouveau houses preserved in Bruxelles-Brussel
The government of the Region Bruxelles-Capitale definitely listed the
main parts of an Art Nouveau house in Uccle (rue des Carmélites,
177). The house was built in 1903 by Alphonse Boelens. The beauty,
originality and modernity of the facade contrasts with the street
line of traditional houses of eclectic styles, and its interior
woodworks confirm the Art Nouveau style of the house.
On the other hand, a listing procedure started for a whole building in
Schaerbeek (rue André Van Hasselt, 32) and for the facade the roof
of the neighbouring building (rue Van Hasselt, 34). Built in 1900 by
Gaspard Devalck, the building is a perfect illustration of the young
architect's mastery and taste for decorative elements. Crowned with
a wooden sculpted cornice, the facade is especially illuminated:
stained-glass windows, sgraffiti and ironworks decorate the house.
These Ces classements s'inscrivent dans la continuité de la campagne
de protection des témoins les plus importants de la production de la
seconde génération de l'Art nouveau.
The
brasserie "La Porteuse d'Eau" soon restorated in Bruxelles-Brussel
The facade of the brasserie will soon be restorated thanks to a
regional contribution of 80%. The house listed from 1988 now hosts
the Brasserie « La Porteuse d'Eau », a very well known place amongst
Brussels' inhabitants. The house was built by the architect and
contractor Ernest Blérot. It belongs to the architectural quarter of
the street Vanderschrick, a unique area in Bruxelles-Brussel. The
building gives off a true harmony despite the architectural variety
and dynamic wanted by the architect.
The
Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona renovated to celebrate its
100th anniversary
The Palau de la Musica Catalana, famous Art nouveau theatre of
Barcelona, was refurbished to commemorate its 100th anniversary. The
restoration works, which lasted 3 years, were achieved right on time
to celebrate the centenary of the theatre. The festivities, which
were opened on the 9h of February, will last during a whole year.
The Catalan modernist style or Art nouveau architecture was at the
height of its popularity as the building of the palace began in
1905.
See Palau de la Musica Catalana
website
The
proceedings of the Historical Lab of Bad Nauheim are now available
on line!
The sixth Historical Lab of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network took place
on the 16th of May in Bad Nauheim on the topic "Art Nouveau: Healthy
in Body and Mind". To see lecturers' conferences, click on the link
below.
See proceedings (French-English-German)
Darmstadt:
an international conference on Olbricht at the Mathildenhoehe - 11th
and 12th of July 2008
At the occasion of the 100th anniversary of
Joseph Maria Olbricht's death, the Mathildenhoehe in Darmstadt
organizes an international conference on the 11th and 12th of July
in order to promote the architect among the general public and
encourage researchers to study his work.
Exhibition "Plecnik Project" Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de
Bruxelles, du 14 mai au 20 août 2008
On the occasion of its EU Presidency, Slovenia presents one od its
greatestt minds whom expert circles worldwide recognized as an
outstanding artist quite some time ago. The architect Joze Plecnik
(1872-1957) began his professional career in the joiner's workshop
of his father in Ljubljana, then worked in Vienna (with Otto Wagner)
and in Prague. His architecture ranks as an outstanding example of
critical regionalism and is one of the rare competent alternatives
to uniformism of the so-called International Style. Quiet and modest
in life, Plecnik was rediscovered posthumously and won international
recognition with the great retrospective exhibition at the Centre G.
Pompidou in Paris in 1986. The exhibition was prepared by the
architect Boris Podrecca, who has also organized the current
presentation in Brussels. It shows a representative overview of
Plecnik's oeuvre, with the emphasis on his works for the capital of
Slovenia.
A
new structure for our homepage
You have probably noticed that our website structure has changed; you
can find the "agenda" section in the "news and events" menu ; from
now, you will find two different news sections: "network news" and "great
international events".
Historical
Lab VI: "Art Nouveau: Healthy in Body and Mind", May 16th, 2008 in
Bad Nauheim, Germany
With the Historical Labs we aim to establish an exchange platform of
knowledge for a broader audience. The contents of the Historical
Labs is a mix of research, practical knowledge and experience, to
reflect an agenda that aims to attract members of the general
public, as well as those working in the sector. The sixth Historical
Lab of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be held in Bad Nauheim on
May 16th and will explore the following theme: “Art Nouveau :
Healthy in Body and Mind”. The event is open to everyone.
Programme (French
- English)
Programme
(German)
Know more about our Historical
Labs
Serge Brison's B & W exhibition in Bad Nauheim
from May 6th to 22d
The exhibition of Serge Brison's black and white
photographs taken in 9 of our partner cities will be presented in
Bad Nauheim from May 6th to 22d in the Volksbank Mittelhessen
building. This exhibition is a selection of 50 photographs from the
nine co-founders of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network: Ålesund, Barcelona, Bruxelles-Brussel,
Glasgow, Helsinki, Nancy, Reus, Terrassa et Vienne.
The
Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be present at the heritage fair "Patrimoine en fête",
on October 19th, 2008 at Tour-et-Taxis in Bruxelles-Brussel
The government of the Region Bruxelles-Capitale organizes the
first edition of “Patrimoine en Fête!”. In the framework of the
International Day of Monuments and Sites, this event is meant to be
a great family fair in Brussels. A space of exchanges, animations,
reflection and discoveries fully dedicated to Bruxelles-Bruxelles
and its rich heritage. On the 19th of April 2008, within the
historical site of Tour&Taxis, the professionals of Brussels'
heritage will come and gather for one day. Well-known or less known,
they will come to make us discover their love for Bruxelles-Brussel,
for its monuments and sites and will share their knowledge, know-how
and motivation with the general public.
See poster of the event
In Bruxelles-Brussel, classification of the whole Hôtel Winssinger
built by Victor Horta
Following an idea mooted by the State secretary Emir Kir, Brussels
government decided to classify the whole Hôtel Winssinger in the
town of Saint-Gilles. This Art nouveau mansion was built between
1894 and 1897 by Victor Horta for the engineer Camille Winssinger.
This building is amongst the first great architectural works by the
master of Art nouveau, the Hôtel Tassel, his manifesto work, being
built in 1893.
A foundation for the Art Nouveau complex of “Sprudelhof” in Bad
Nauheim
The long discussion on the future of the Art Nouveau complex of
“Sprudelhof” had a positive issue. The county of Hessen no longer
searches a private investor to take over the Art Nouveau heritage
and build a spa centre. The movement led by five groups of
volunteers - including Jugendstilverein - turned out to be
effective. In April 2007, a human chain of more than 1,300 persons
was organized between the spa complex and the townhall of Bad
Nauheim. A parcel with solutions to renovate the Art Nouveau complex
and thousands of signatures were submitted to the mayor. The protest
against the idea of a private investor and the request to create a
foundation were heard. In December 2007,
the Prime Minister of the county of Hessen and the mayor of Bad Nauheim
signed a resolution: the county of Hessen will invest around 50 millions
euros in the restoration of the spa complex. The
signature of the constitution act is now in progress. The Jugendstilverein
wishes and hopes that cultural institutions such as a "Jugendstilzentrum"
will be realized as mentioned during workshops.
A
new website for the Gaudí Centre of Reus
The Gaudí Centre just inaugurated its new website, available in
Catalan, Spanish, French and English:
www.gaudicentre.com. The Gaudí Centre is a space with modern
infrastructures and top audiovisual technology, allowing to discover
Antoni Gaudí and to understand the genuis of his art. You will find
all the information related to the centre on the website:
educational projects, the world of Gaudí, links of interest, etc.
The
Urban Landscape Institute from the city of Barcelona publishes a new
book : A Gallery of Creators
A Gallery of Creators is a small encyclopaedia of the leading
figures who created Modernisme in Barcelona. Architects, painters,
sculptors, writers, cabinet makers, graphic artists, and also
developers, patrons, financiers, etc., all of them people who,
through their efforts and with their passion for creating a “new
art”, were responsible for Barcelona’s being regarded today as the
world capital of Modernisme.
This book is an ideal complement to the Barcelona Modernisme Route
guidebook, an indispensable tool for getting to know and
understanding the cultural and artistic movement that characterised
Catalonia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gallery of Creators, Urban Landscape Institute, Barcelona
City Council, Barcelona, MASPOCH, Mònica, 2008. 240pp., 15 x
21cms, colors and black and white illustrations. Text in Catalan,
Spanish, English and French. Available in paperback / €12. Further
information at: www.rutadelmodernisme.com.
The
rooms of European ceramics reopened at the Art and History Royal
Museum in Brussels
After four years of renovation works, the large room of ceramics
finally opened to the public. It gives a chronological and technical
glimpse of European ceramics from the XVth century to now. A special
attention is given to main works such as the prestigious collection of
Delft earthenware from the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, legated in
1911 by Albert Evenepoel, or the marvellous chinas from Tournai,
masterpiece of the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries completed by chinas
from abroad, from Germany and France. European earthwares, Belgian
earthenwares, earthenwares from Luxembourg and stoneware are also
exhibited. The visitor will discover a room freshly refurbished by the
Régie des Bâtiments, dedicated to Art Nouveau, Art Déco ceramics and
creations from the second half of the XXth century.
Publication
of the 3d issue of "Une commune à la carte" (a town à la carte)
by the Region Bruxelles-Capitale
Following Saint-Josse and Molenbeek, it is the turn
of the town of Saint-Gilles to unveil its mainly Art nouveau heritage
in this 3d issue. This bilingual street map (available in French and
in Dutch), which is meant for adults as well as youngsters, offers two
2 hours walks to discover the architectural richness of the town. This
map is downloadable from the website of the
Direction des Monuments et Sites as well as from the
website of the town.
Publication
de l'ouvrage "Art Nouveau Buildings in Riga. A Guide to
Architecture of Art Nouveau Metropolis" aux éditions Add
Projekts
The book is a richly illustrated, comprehensive
bilingual (Latvian / English) guide on Art Nouveau architecture of
Riga. 210 buildings representing various trends inside Art Nouveau –
Eclectically Decorative Art Nouveau, “Perpendicular” Art Nouveau,
National Romanticism, and Neo-classicist influenced rational Art
Nouveau – are analysed in the book. It consists of 5 chapters
corresponding to location of buildings in the city, and 5 maps help
to find them and make an individual route for every visitor himself.
Each building is displayed on two facing pages of the book, and all
the building descriptions include general information, photos of the
building and its most characteristic details, plans and façade
drawings either specially drawed or photographed from archive
materials. Descriptions are supplemented with brief information on
other 78 similar buildings to be found in the city. A general
introduction on urban development of Riga and art processes in the
city at the turn of the 19th and 20th century is also provided in
the introduction, while at the end of the book there is an index of
all the buildings mentioned in the book, and index of persons
including biographies of 41 most outstanding architects of the Art
Nouveau time.
Janis Krastins, Art Nouveau Buildings in Riga.
A Guide to Architecture of Art Nouveau Metropolis, Editions
Add Porjekts, Riga, 2007. ISBN: 9984-9687-2-8.
Report of multilateral exchanges on
interpretation centres is now online!
Multilateral exchanges on interpretation centres (October
23d, 2007 in Nancy) aimed to present
different initiatives of Art Nouveau interpretation centres. The
report now available on line gives a general overview of the presentations
given by the participating partners: Ålesund, Barcelona, Glasgow, Nancy,
Reus.
Our
list of links now counts more than 200 listed websites!
If you think of other sites that could enrich our
list or if you can mention our URL on your website, contact us !
Publication
of the book Le Bruxelles de Horta by Ludion Editions
In this fascinating book, you will discover all the buildings and
monuments built in Brussels by the architect Victor Horta, pioneer of
Art Nouveau in Belgium: from the Matyn house, still in a classic
style, to the Palais des Beaux-Arts, more geometrical, through the
exuberant Hôtel Solvay. The text was written by Françoise Aubry,
curator of the Horta Museum and undisputed authority in her
field. This new book dedicated to Victor Horta, which plunges the
reader into the atmosphere of the late 19th century, is remarkably
illustrated with archives images and photographs from Christine Bastin
and Jacques Evrard. Besides it also includes city maps and useful
information that will help you to plan your Art Nouveau walk through
Brussels.
Françoise Aubry, Christine Bastin et Jacques Evrard, Le Bruxelles
de Horta, éditions Ludion, 2007. ISBN: 978-90-5544-706-0.
The city of La Chaux-de-Fonds applied to the UNESCO
It is not by chance if Chaux-de-Fonds was, at the beginning of the XX
th century, the only Art Nouveau creation nest in Switzerland. This
city is indeed the result of a great industrial development in
watchmaking. Built by watchmakers for watchmaking, the city is a
remarkable witness of the industrial area. On December 21st, 2007,
Switzerland officially submitted a proposal to be listed in the World
Heritage for its whole urban cultural landscape. More info on
www.urbanismehorloger.ch
An extension for the
Horta Museum in Brussels
On October 22d, 2007, the town of Saint-Gilles acquired the house next
to the Museum in order to extend its activities. The renovation of the
building, which should be ended by 2010, will allow to create offices,
archives, an exhibition room where an exhibition about Horta's works
will be presented; a cafeteria, a waiting room and a workshop for children should also be created.
07-12-2007 article from Le Soir newspaper (French)
Publication
of an Art Nouveau calendar in Tbilisi
This calendar, including an introduction by
Nestan Tatarashvili, Head of the Art Nouveau Preservation Group of
Georgia, is produced by Friends of Academic Research in Georgia (organization
located in London, UK) and sponsored by the Bank of Georgia.
Release
of the 10th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona
City Council, which has the common commitment to find useful
and efficient mechanisms for the protection and promotion of Europe’s Art
Nouveau heritage. CoupDefouet is a non-profit magazine issued twice a year,
whose purpose is to provide a channel for exchanging experiences and news around
the world on common subjects of interest. The quality contents of CoupDefouet
are possible thanks to the contribution out of interest of scholars and other
reputed authors. CoupDefouet is distributed free to over 800 selected mailing
destinations around the world, including city governments, museums, universities
and other entities related to Art Nouveau heritage, reaching over 2,500 people
directly interested in cultural diffusion and tourism as part of their
professional or academic activity.
CoupDefouet nr 10,
front cover and
table of contents
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network participates to
the
SIMESITEM trade show from 29th to 31st of January, 2008 at
the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
The SIMESITEM is the one and only trade expo in
France and Europe dedicated to promoting and equipping cultural
sites. The SIME is more specifically a trade show that underscores
the cultural image of local township and institutions and generates
new receipts. It is geared towards professionals in the fields of
culture, tourism, communications, event organization, patronage and
all international, national and local media.
Locate our stand on the trade show map
2007
The proceedings of the fifth Historical Lab "Art Nouveau
Patrons" are on line
The fifth Historical Lab of the network took place
on October 19th at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy on the theme "Art Nouveau
Patrons". To find the lecturers' conferences, please click
on the link below.
see proceedings (English and French)
Publication of the exhibition catalogue "Building for a new
life" edited by Theiss
In September 2006, Bad Nauheim celebrated its Art Nouveau
heritage with the organization, amongst other events, of an exhibition on the
theme "Building for a new life-
Art Nouveau towns in Europe". This event was co-organized by the Jugendstilverein
Bad Nauheim and the Denkmalakademie Schloss Romrod (Academy of Listed Buildings
located in Romrod Castle). The exhibition catalogue is now available: "Bauen für ein neues
Leben" - Die Entstehung der Bad Nauheimer Jugendstilanlagen fotografiert
von Albert Schmidt 1905-1911, Editions Theiss, 2007, Stuttgart, ISBN
978-3-8062-2161-9.
Exhibition "Album of a collector" of the
Cercle Guimard at the
Horta Museum in Bruxelles-Brussel, November 7, 2007 - January 13, 2008
In 1903, on the occasion of the first
Exhibition of the Dwelling in the Great Palace, Hector Guimard for
own account published a series of postcards. These showed, through a
selection of its achievements, the characteristics of its style and
its capacity to intention to the revival of architecture and
decorative arts. This iconography, often ignored or under-exploited,
was not always on the initiative of the architect, nevertheless its
name and its quality are very frequently mentioned and, thus, all
these stereotypes take part in the testimony of its work in the
time. The presentation of these images –xxx postcards, 1 leaflet,
and 3 invitation cards- aims at clarifying the advertising use that
the architect Hector Guimard, tried to develop with the postcard at
the beginning of the twentieth century. It was then a modern and not
very expensive means to diffuse images to illustrate a clear but
strange concept; “The Guimard Style”. Guimard renews the experiment
about 1910, with the real operation of the streets the Fountain,
Gros and Agar where he even succeeds in reproducing the plans of the
buildings on certain postcards. His last contribution to this type
of publicity is related to the Town hall of the French village of
the exhibition of decorative Arts of 1925. Guimard was not the only
architect to use this medium. He is nevertheless that one who
invested himself most personally. This explains why his work by far
is represented most in the French art nouveau architecture.
Publication : "Verrerie Art Nouveau : l'Exemple des Frères
Muller"
This
catalogue, written with the collaboration of Thierry Lemoine, Valérie Thomas,
Anne Pluymaekers, Eva Schmitt and Blandine Otter, was published at the occasion
of the exhibition "Verrerie Art Nouveau, exemple des Frères Muller" organized by
the city of Nancy and the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy (see below). Somogy éditions
d'art, Paris, 2007. ISBN: 978-2-7572-0114-5.
Art Nouveau glassworks, the example of the Muller brothers,
Musée de
l’Ecole de Nancy, October 6th, 2007 - January 7th, 2008
This event will be the first monographic exhibition dedicated to
this Lorraine workshop. It will illustrate the main decorative
features (fauna and flora), the shapes and techniques used by these
glassmakers of the period before the First World War.
Press file
Poster
An Art Nouveau room at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de La
Chaux-de-Fonds
Following the success of the Art Nouveau Four Seasons
2005-2006 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), a permanent room dedicated to Art
Nouveau and Pine-Tree Style was inaugurated at the
Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds to extend the event.
Ljubljana celebrating Plečnik, 1 January - 31 December
2007
Being the 50th anniversary of the death of the
internationally famous Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, 2007 has
been announced Plečnik Year. Jože Plečnik left a lasting mark on
three central European cities: Ljubljana, Wien and Praha. During the
year Ljubljana will see a wide programme of events marking the
Plečnik Year, some of which will also run outside the borders of
Slovenia. For a complete list of the planned events, please see the
official
website.
Exhibition
"Art Nouveau Diaspora" at the Jugendstilsenteret in Alesund, 10
november - 31 december 2007
Exhibition 'Vienne-Bruxelles' in Bruxelles-Brussel, 26 June - 23
December 2007
At the end of the XIXth century, an artistic movement was
born in Vienna that was to have a major impact. It was known as the
Secession. The key figures were the painter Gustav Klimt, the
decorator Koloman Moser and the architect Josef Hoffmann. This
exhibition seeks to recreate a little explored aspect of this
artistic adventure, that of the reciprocal influence exercised by
the two capitals around the focal points of the Stoclet Palace and
the gallery L'Intérieur, opened in 1906 on the rue de Namur
by Léon Sneyers, the most Viennese of Belgian architects. Among
other fascinating figures, the exhibition evokes that of the great
Parisian architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, nephew of the Stoclet
couple, who was inspired by their Brussels mansion house to create
his own language. Exhibition realized by the Modern Art Archives
with the support of the Brussels-Capital Region.
See poster
See leaflet
See press release
See the Tribune de Genève article
Exhibition "Art Nouveau - Bad Nauheim & Europa" at the
Goethe Institut in Bruxelles-Brussel, 6 november - 14 december 2007
By order of the "Spa-Directory of the Grand-Duchy of Hesse",
the court-photographer Ludwig Schmidt/Friedberg has documented the building of
the spa-area Bad Nauheim. Every step of this extensive urban development by the
architect Wilhelm Jost has been photographed : from the model, the demolition of
the old graduation houses and bathhouses to every phase of the construction from
the beginning until the completion. The quality of the photographs is
extraordinary from every point of view, artistic or craftswork.
The exhibition "Art Nouveau in Progress" will be
presented at the
Lodz Art Center from 3d to 25th November, 2007
Travelling exhibition of the Réseau Art Nouveau
Network. « Art Nouveau in Progress » is totally different from, and
complementary to, the great exhibitions which have so commendably
celebrated Art Nouveau in recent years. It explores the destiny of
the Art Nouveau heritage in the thirteen partner cities and brings
to light several examples of previously unseen projects. The
exhibition is set out in themed sections, offering a perspective of
an artistic and cultural movement that developed simultaneously in a
number of European cities. The exhibition’s originality lies in
genuinely new discoveries of city planning projects, architectural
creations and objets d’art.Indeed, apart from the five major works
chosen by the partners and illustrated in the introduction, the
exhibition presents works which have never previously been seen,
have now disappeared, have not been recognized or are undergoing
restoration. All are shown in the themed sections: vision,
disappearance, continuity and regeneration. The exhibition tour
therefore presents visitors with a history of the Art Nouveau
heritage, from the process of its creation to its current functions,
via the recollection of lost works. The exhibition has been
presented in turn in each of the thirteen European cities over a
period of about three years (has already been presented in Terrassa,
Bruxelles-Brussel, Provincia di Varese, Barcelona, Nancy, Alesund,
Glasgow, Helsinki, Riga, Praha, Budapest, Ljubljana, La
Chaux-de-Fonds). At each stage the exhibition is completed by a
local section, which focuses particularly on the distinctive
features of that city’s Art Nouveau heritage.
Invitation
Historical Lab V- Art Nouveau Patrons -
to be held in the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Friday 19th October 2007
With the historical labs we aim to establish an exchange platform
of knowledge for a broader audience. The contents of the Historical
Labs is a mix of research, practical knowledge and experience, to
reflect an agenda that aims to attract members of the general
public, as well as those working in the sector. The fifth
Historical Lab of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be held in
Nancy on the 19th of October and will explore the following theme:
“Art Nouveau Patrons”. The event is open
to everyone.
Programme (French-English)
Abstracts (French and English)
Multilateral Exchanges - Interpretation Centres - to be held in the Villa
Majorelle in Nancy, Tuesday 23d October, 2007
One of the actions of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network is a number
of multilateral exchanges, based on the specific needs of the
participating partners. The exchanges will provide the opportunity
for those working in the cultural heritage, education and academic
sector to exchange their knowledge and experience across Europe,
addressing themes relevant to the contemporary promotion of Art
Nouveau. The third in the series, "Interpretation Centres", is
planned to be held in nancy on the 23d October 2007. For extra information on this event, please contact the Coordination Office.
Programme (French-English)
A new system to view our links and PhD thesis database
As our number of information is constantly growing, we decided to create a
search engine based on key-words thanks to which you will find in a few clicks
the links and PhD thesis you are interested in.
See links page
See PhD thesis page
Our newsletter n°2 has been released with a new subscription system !
You will find in this newsletter fresh information about the network, its
actions and its member cities.
See newsletter n°2
Subscription system
New activity sheets now available !
The
Norwegian and
Dutch versions of the activity
sheets are now available! The Slovene version will soon be on line
as well. Downloadable from our website, those tools
allow teachers and guides to accompany children in their discovery
of Art Nouveau through activities adapted to their age.
A Gaudí Centre in Reus
The Gaudí Centre opened this summer by the City of Reus helps
to discover the famous architect with interactive tactile models, projets, conceptions,
tools and personal belongings. The visit lasts about two hours and can be
completed with audioguides in various languages. The centre notably allows Reus
to continue its
Route of Modernism.
An exhibition dedicated to our partner cities at the
Office du Tourisme de Nancy from 8 to 28 October 2007
In October, the
City of Nancy will host the Réseau Art Nouveau Network's fifth
Historical Lab. The Office de Tourisme de Nancy takes part in this
event, presenting the network and its members through an exhibition
from 8 to 28 October 2007. The aim is to make visitors discover the
richness of Art Nouveau heritage in the partner cities of this
European network. Invitation to discovery, invitation to
travel, here are the goals of this exhibition which enlightens our
common heritage through a tourist point of view.
Release of the 9th issue of the CoupDefouet magazine, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona
City Council, which has the common commitment to find useful
and efficient mechanisms for the protection and promotion of Europe’s Art
Nouveau heritage. CoupDefouet is a non-profit magazine issued twice a year,
whose purpose is to provide a channel for exchanging experiences and news around
the world on common subjects of interest. The quality contents of CoupDefouet
are possible thanks to the contribution out of interest of scholars and other
reputed authors. CoupDefouet is distributed free to over 800 selected mailing
destinations around the world, including city governments, museums, universities
and other entities related to Art Nouveau heritage, reaching over 2,500 people
directly interested in cultural diffusion and tourism as part of their
professional or academic activity.
CoupDefouet nr 9,
front cover and
table of contents
New activity sheets now available!
The French, English, Spanish and Catalan versions of the activity
sheets are now available! Downloadable from our website, those tools
allow teachers and guides to accompany children in their discovery
of Art Nouveau through activities adapted to their age. Dutch and
Norwegian versions will soon be on line.
See the activity sheets
100 research titles related to Art Nouveau on our website!
We are proud to announce that our list of Art Nouveau related
research has now reached 100 titles. The Network has received a
number of positive reactions on this new tool and will continue to
develop it into a proper database in a near future. New titles are
always welcome!
See the list of research
Bad Nauheim
Art Nouveau Festival
In 2007 the Art Nouveau Festival will take place from Sept. 7th to Sunday 16th
2007. Varese is the first member of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network to join the
Bad Nauheim Festival in September 2007 as a partner city.
Art Nouveau lovers will enjoy themselves strolling through the handcraft market
on the first festival weekend. Settled in the unique atmosphere of the
Trink-kuranlage, they can admire examples of stucco-, ceramic-, glass-, wood-,
sew-ing- and jewel works. Especially families are invited to participate in the
festival’s final day when inhabitants of Bad Nauheim as well as visitors of the
festival are welcome to stroll through the city centre. Dressed in clothes of
the art nouveau period they are thus reflecting the social life and spirit of
that historic era.
Moreover a lot of events such as music-, theatre- and movie performances,
lec-tures and guided tours through the art nouveau buildings will take place
during the whole festival.
Programme
Summer exhibition on Mucha in Ålesund, 16 June - 2 September
2007
The exhibition «Alphonse Mucha – Documents Décoratifs» at
Jugendstilsenteret shows a rare collection of 72 prints from
Alphonse Mucha’s portfolio, published by Librairie Centrale des
Beaux-Arts in Paris, 1902. The 72 plates are printed using a variety
of techniques including etching, heliogravure and lithograph. When
Mucha published this portfolio he was at the height of his artistic
career and the prints illustrates how to draw women and flowers, the
process of stylisation and examples of jewellery, furniture and
silverware. Each of the 72 plates is considered a masterpiece of Art
Nouveau design.
See poster
Art Nouveau Tram in Rīga
Rīga's tram has been given a new Art Nouveau design in 2007 by the artist Uldis
Sosnovskis to enlighten Art Nouveau as most important history value of Rīga.
From the 3d of July, tram guided tours of "The Circle of Boulevards"
are available for tourists to discover Rīga's Art Nouveau buildings.
See details
Report of multilateral exchanges on education is on line
Multilateral exchanges on education (May 8th, 2007 in Varese) aimed to present
different educational initiatives on Art Nouveau. The
report now available on line gives a general overview of the presentations
given by the participating partners: Ålesund, Bruxelles-Brussel,
Glasgow, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, La Habana, Nancy, Provincia di Varese, Reus, Rīga,
Terrassa.
Europa Nostra focus on Réseau Art Nouveau Network
In their latest edition of La Revue du Patrimoine Culturel européen,
Europa Nostra dedicated four pages on our Network, richly
illustrated by Serge Brison images.
See article
The Bloemenwerf in Brussels suggested as World heritage
The architect’s house “De Bloemenwerf” in Uccle, Bruxelles-Brussel,
has been suggested as World Heritage by the Brussels Government. The
house was designed in 1895-1896 by Henry van de Velde and shows a
strong link to the Arts and Crafts movement in Great Britain. The
interior design is also by van de Velde.
New website for Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy
Find out about the collections of Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, Villa
Majorelle and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Art Nouveau events and
exhibitions at the recently launched website of Musée de l’Ecole de
Nancy. You can visit it at
www.ecole-de-nancy.com
Pressfile
New publication from Ruta Europea del
Modernisme: Art Nouveau European Route
This publication is a compilation of the best
architecture and other art works produced by artists and designers
at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
Including more than 500 images, selected by the over 100 cities and
institutions comprising the Art Nouveau European Route, it will take
you on a fascinating journey to discover this “new art” that shone
brightly a century ago and today constitutes a common, priceless
human heritage.
For more information, please contact:
ipascual@bcn.cat.
Proceedings from 'Building for a New Life - Art Nouveau Cities in
Europe', Bad Nauheim 27-30 September 2006, now online
The symposium was organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary
of the construction of Bad Nauheim’s Jugendstil (Art Nouveau)
complex of the Sprudelhof designed by the architect Wilhelm Jost.
The conferences focused on the stylistic formulations of Art Nouveau
architecture and city-planning and included a number of
international scholars Discussions were held on problems of
conservation, possibilities of new uses as well as touristic
marketing with concrete examples from several European countries.
The proceedings from the event are now available at:
http://www.jugendstil-bad-nauheim.de/inhalte/inh_index_en.htm
New publication on Art Nouveau in Łódź
The relatively unknown Art Nouveau heritage of
Łódź is presented in this richly illustrated book, which was
preceded by the exhibition ‘Art Nouveau in Łódź’ (October-December
2006), organized by the author, Wisława Jordan. As opposed to almost
completely ruined Warsaw, Łódź kept its original Art Nouveau
architecture – over 100 buildings and numerous interiors of
industralists’ residences built in different historical styles
(stained-glass windows are of particular value). A heritage worth
discovering!
Original title: ‘W kręgu łódzkiej secesji’, Literatura Publishing
Office, Łódź 2006, 432 pages, 412 illustrations.
Modernista Festival of Barcelona, 18-20 May 2007
The three-day event will feature activities related to Art Nouveau,
including workshops, shows, old cars exhibition, children's games,
craft fairs and promotional stands of the heritage of cities and
institutions, which the Urban Landscape Institute has made available
for member organisations of the Board of Honour and municipal
authorities belonging to the European Art Nouveau Route. The
festival has been organised for the 3rd time by the Municipal Urban
Landscape Institute together with Cor Eixample (the shopkeepers’ and
professionals’ association of the Dreta de l’Eixample
neighbourhood),
More information on
www.rutadelmodernisme.com
The Museum of Ecole de Nancy opens its storerooms- unknown
masterpieces, Nancy, 3 March – 13 May 2007
For the very first time since the opening in 1964, the Museum of
Ecole de Nancy presents some pieces usually kept in the storerooms.
Nearly 180 masterpieces, due to the major artists of the Ecole de
Nancy and French Art Nouveau, will reveal the richness of the
collections started as soon as 1894 by the very members of the
association.
Press file
Virtual visit
Historical Lab IV- Urban Quality and the Perception of Landscape-
to be held in Como, 4 May 2007
With the historical labs we aim to establish an exchange platform
of knowledge for a broader audience. The contents of the Historical
Labs is a mix of research, practical knowledge and experience, to
reflect an agenda that aims to attract members of the general
public, as well as those working in the sector. The fourth
Historical Lab of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network will be held in
Como-Cernobbio on the 4 of May and will explore the following theme:
“Urban Quality and the Perception of Landscape”. The event is open
to everyone.
Programme
(English-French)
Programme
(Italian-English)
Multilateral Exchanges on Education & Art Nouveau to be held in
Varese, 8 of May 2007
One of the actions of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network is a number
of multilateral exchanges, based on the specific needs of the
participating partners. The exchanges will provide the opportunity
for those working in the cultural heritage, education and academic
sector to exchange their knowledge and experience across Europe,
addressing themes relevant to the contemporary promotion of Art
Nouveau. The second in the series, Art Nouveau and Education is
planned to be held in Varese on 8 May 2007. For extra information on
this event, please contact the Coordination Office.
Programme
New educational tools available now on this website
In the framework of its Educational package, the Réseau Art Nouveau Network
proudly presents two new tools that will inspire the younger audience to find
out more about their Art Nouveau heritage: The Activity Sheets are created for
teachers and educators in the museum and heritage field and presents various
activities for children to learn more on Art Nouveau and its specific designs.
The Night Book presents an intriguing aspect of the Art Nouveau decorative
language; that of the dragons, monsters and other strange creatures. Each city
of the Network presents an animal (or monster) from their heritage and presents
it with an activity for children in primary school.
Both tools are available on
our website under Action / Educational Material / Activity Book or
Activity
Sheets.
New exhibition on Mucha in Alesund: Alphonse Mucha- decorative
documents, Alesund, 20 January- 18 March 2007
The exhibition «Alphonse Mucha – Documents Décoratifs» at
Jugendstilsenteret will show a rare collection of 72 prints from
Alphonse Mucha’s portfolio, published by Librairie Centrale des
Beaux-Arts in Paris, 1902. The 72 plates are printed using a variety
of techniques including etching, heliogravure and lithograph. When
Mucha published this portfolio he was at the height of his artistic
career and the prints illustrates how to draw women and flowers, the
process of stylisation and examples of jewellery, furniture and
silverware. Each of the 72 plates is considered a masterpiece of Art
nouveau design.
Art Nouveau European Route Council of Honour to meet in Barcelona,
1-2 February 2007
The Art Nouveau European Route, or the Ruta Europea del
Modernisme, is a network that shares our goal to promote the
heritage and artistic values of Art Nouveau in Europe and around the
world. One of the great achievements of the Ruta Europea del
Modernisme is the magazine coupDefouet, which is now a key
publication for those institutions and organisations, working with
Art Nouveau heritage.
The upcoming meeting of the Ruta Europea del Modernisme will discuss
the next steps towards our common goal of promoting this great
heritage. In conjunction with the meeting, a second edition of Art
Nouveau European Route will be published. More details on the
publication will follow.
For more information, please contact:
coupDefouet@bnc.cat
2006
New exhibition in Nancy : “L’Art japonais ou la reliure selon Victor Prouvé
et Camille Martin” and “Emile Gallé et l’affaire Dreyfus”, Nancy, 27 September –
10 December 2006
The two exhibitions include pieces from the collections of Musée de l’Ecole
de Nancy, the Musée Lorrain and private collections. “L’Art japonais, ou la
reliure selon Victor Prouvé et Camille Martin’’ shows for the first time two
important book bindings bought by the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy in 2005. With
the exhibition “Emile Gallé et l’affaire Dreyfus”, the museum shows the
commitment of Emile Gallé in the clearance of Captain Alfred Dreyfus at the
centenary of the event.
Light
up! Electricity- Modernity- Jugend, new exhibition in Ålesund,
1 July
- 31 December 2006
The new exhibition at Jugendstilsenteret in Ålesund celebrates the
modernity in Art Nouveau. One of the side-effects of the new
architecture that came to Ålesund (and other cities in Norway and
Europe) at the beginning of the 20th century was the electricity. This
exhibition focuses on Art Nouveau lamps and includes a number of
unique objects, both international (Emile Gallé) and Norwegian (f.ex.
the Norwegian architect and designer Henrik Bull).
International Conference "Revisiting Charles Rennie Mackintosh and
the Glasgow Style", Glasgow, 4 November 2006
This one-day symposium, part of the city-wide festival devoted to
Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, presents an opportunity to revisit academic approaches to a landmark phase in
Scottish, British and international architecture and design. Through a
combination of 20-30 minute formal papers and poster presentations,
participants will address a diversity of themes and approaches that
reconsider the status and significance of Mackintosh and the Glasgow
Style in the wider context of recent developments in art, architecture and design history. The conference is organised by the
Scottish Society for Art History in association with the Institute for
Art History, University of Glasgow.
For more information, please contact :
a.boyd@whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk
Provisional
Programme
Registration Form
Building for a new life- Art Nouveau towns in Europe,
International symposium, Bad Nauheim, 27- 30 September 2006
Bad Nauheim celebrates the centenary of its Art Nouveau heritage
with an international symposium "Building for a new life- Art
Nouveau towns in Europe". The event is organised by the
Jugendstilverein Bad Nauheim and the Denkmalakademie Schloss Romrod
(academy for historical monuments in the castle of Romrod) and will
focus on the dialectic relationship between old and new in the built
environment. Discussions will be held on how to deal with the Art
Nouveau heritage today with questions of conservation and tourism as
background.
Programme in German and English
Brochure in German
Press
release 1 in English
Press
release 2 in English
Glasgow Mackintosh Festival 2006 in Glasgow, 1 - 30 September 2006
Showcasing the unique riches of Glasgow’s extraordinary Mackintosh heritage, the
Festival presents an ambitious and wide-ranging series of events including
exhibitions at Mackintosh venues across Glasgow, educational workshops, on-line
resources, publications and a programme of activities celebrating Mackintosh and
his contemporaries. The festival culminates in the "Mackintosh Month", 1 –30
September 2006. See also the festival's website.
Press Release
"Une expérience Art nouveau, le Style Sapin à La
Chaux-de-Fonds", new publication, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2006
A richly illustrated book on the particular Sapin Style of La
Chaux-de-Fonds has recently been published in connection with the
Art Nouveau celebrations of 2005-2006. Published by Éditions
Somogny, Paris, in partnership with Girard-Perregaux SA, l'Office
fédéral de la Culture et de la Loterie romande. 200 pages, 163
illustrations in colour, Fr. 48-.
For more information, contact:
anouk.hellmann@ne.ch
Art nouveau et pédagogie,
international colloquium, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 18-20 May 2006
The educational problems linked to
the applied arts are expressed theoretically as well as practically
by the major Art Nouveau protagonists.
The theme allows to link La Chaux-de-Fonds
to the other European Art Nouveau cities and could interest a large
international public.
In partnership with the Unesco
commission in Switzerland and the Club 44
Registration:
www.artnouveau.ch / +
41 (0)32.967.62.34
Programme
Art Nouveau stamps now available,
La Chaux-de-Fonds, March 2005-2006
As part of the vast programme of
activities for the year 2005-2006 dedicated to the Art Nouveau
heritage in La Chaux-de-Fonds a series of two stamps has now been
made available in all post offices in Switzerland. The stamps are
designed by Suter and Sager de Zoug.
New publication on Jugendstil in Bad
Nauheim
This new publication is the first
comprehensive volume devoted to Jugendstil in Bad Nauheim, one of
the partner cities of Réseau Art Nouveau Network. The book was
written by art historian Christina Uslular-Thiele and designed by
the graphic artist and photographer Hiltrud A.M. Hölzinger. It is a
bilingual edition in German and English.
Unknown work by Henry van de Velde in
Westende, Belgium, 1 July 2006
In villa "Les Zéphyrs" in Westende-Bad
an Art Nouveau ensemble from 1898 recently was identified as the
work of Henry van de Velde's early period. The ensemble consists of
a wooden panel, two fixed buffets and a copper mantelpiece. Lieven
Daenens, director of the Design museum in Gent, identified the
objects after comparing with similar works of Van de Velde. The
identification was later confirmed by Antje Neumann, a researcher in
the project "Werkverzeichnis Henry van de Velde" in Weimar, Germany.
Villa ”Les Zéphyrs” was bought by the commune of Middelkerke in 1972
and is currently being restored and decorated as the 1930's holiday
house of Dr Muyshondt from Gent. The design of the villa dates back
to a concept from 1910 by the architect Oscar van de Voorde who
designed it for the world exhibition in Brussels 1910. The villa
will open to the public on 1st of July 2006.
Pressfile in Dutch
Kruununhaka's Stairwells
The Helsinki City Planning
Department recently published an inventory of Kruununhaka's
stairwells. They are an important part of Helsinki's cultural
heritage and offer valuable examples of well-preserved interior
spaces. Many of Kruununhaka's stairwells were designed by the most
outstanding architects of the time. As was the custom, stairwells
were used to convey a sense of impressiveness and elegance.
Fortunately a significant legacy of handicrafts has been preserved
in the stairwells' masonry vaults and decorative paintings.
Publication
Colours and shapes - the Ecole de
Nancy’s 18thC heritage – Exhibition at the Ecole de Nancy Museum :
16 September - 31 December 2005
This Exhibition has been organised
by the Ecole de Nancy Museum as part of the “Nancy 2005 - The Age of
Enlightenment” celebrations. While the city of Nancy took advantage
of the occasion to restore one of the most magnificent 18thC squares
in the world to mount a number of events presenting a vast panorama
of the Age of Enlightenment, the Ecole de Nancy Museum decided to
take a closer look at a particular, little discussed aspect of the
works by artists in the School: their 18thC heritage. It was the
18thC Place Stanislas, symbol of Nancy up to the creation of their
famous 1900s naturalist style, that originally inspired the objects
by Gallé, Daum, and others. Fully aware of their stylistic
influences, and of the risk of creating a mere pastiche that would
debase the work of the earlier period, the Nancy artists
nevertheless succeeded in finding a primary source of inspiration in
the 18thC, and using it to create an innovative, lively and
resolutely modern style.
Press file
International Colloquium on Roger
Marx, Nancy, 31 May- 2 June 2006
In connection with the exhibition "Roger
Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin..." held
at the Musée des Beaux-Arts and at the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy,
the City of Nancy and the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
organise an international colloquium. Different themes will explore
the role of Roger Marx as an art critic, collector, and defender of
the 1900 artistic avant-garde.
For more information, contact:
anne.gilardot@mairie-nancy.fr
Two new publications from Ruta del
Modernisme, Barcelona
The Urban Landscape Institute of the
Barcelona City Council has recently published two new guides to the
city's rich Art Nouveau (Modernisme) heritage: the Barcelona
Modernisme Route and Let's Go Out, a guide to Modernista bars and
restaurants in Barcelona. Discover the architecture of Gaudí,
Domènech, Puig i Cadafalch and have lunch at Picasso’s table, or in
a Gaudí house- with a large number of buildings and points of
interest, the guides let visitors explore the riches of Barcelona
Modernisme at their own rhythm.
All proceeds of sales of the
publications go toward the restoration and improvement of the city's
Modernista heritage. Published in Catalan, Spanish, English and
French versions.
For more information:
www.rutadelmodernisme.com
Archives of the magazine CoupDefouet, Barcelona
CoupDefouet is published by the Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona
City Council, a member of the Reseau Art Nouveau Network and the leader of the
European Art Nouveau Route which was established in June 2000, incorporates 47
local governments and 30 institutions with the common commitment to find useful
and efficient mechanisms for the protection and promotion of Europe’s Art
Nouveau heritage. CoupDefouet is a non-profit magazine issued twice a year,
whose purpose is to provide a channel for exchanging experiences and news around
the world on common subjects of interest. The quality contents of coupDefouet
are possible thanks to the contribution out of interest of scholars and other
reputed authors. CoupDefouet is distributed free to over 800 selected mailing
destinations around the world, including city governments, museums, universities
and other entities related to Art Nouveau heritage, reaching over 2,500 people
directly interested in cultural diffusion and tourism as part of their
professional or academic activity.
CoupDefouet nr 1,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 2,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 3,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 4,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 5,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 6,
front cover
and
table of
contents
CoupDefouet nr 7,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 8,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 9,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 10,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 11,
front cover and
table of contents
CoupDefouet nr 12,
front cover and
table of contents
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