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The Villa Bloemenwerf () is the former residence of the Belgian painter, architect and interior designer Henry van de Velde, built in 1895. It is located at 102, / in the Uccle municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Van de Velde designed the house and its interior, as well as the furnishings, partially drawing inspiration from William Morris' Red House in
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The Villa Bloemenwerf was Van de Velde's private residence (with his wife Maria Sèthe and their child) and served as a workshop for him and his collaborators, as well as a centre for meetings with the European intellectual and artistic elite of the time. Van de Velde left the Bloemenwerf and Brussels for Weimar, Germany, in 1900.
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, London. Maria Sèthe, his future wife, designed the garden surrounding the house.
History
The Villa Bloemenwerf, built in 1895, was Henry Van de Velde's first creation as an architect. The exterior of the house was inspired by the Red House inBexleyheath
Bexleyheath is a town in south-east London, England. It had a population of 31,929 as at 2011.
Bexleyheath is located south-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...
, south-east London, the residence of the British writer and theorist William Morris, the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement. Trained as a painter, Van de Velde turned to illustration, then to furniture design, and finally to architecture. For the Villa Bloemenwerf, he created the textiles, wallpaper, silverware, jewellery, and even clothing, that matched the style of the residence.Cite weUnesco website
The Villa Bloemenwerf was Van de Velde's private residence (with his wife Maria Sèthe and their child) and served as a workshop for him and his collaborators, as well as a centre for meetings with the European intellectual and artistic elite of the time. Van de Velde left the Bloemenwerf and Brussels for Weimar, Germany, in 1900.
See also
* Art Nouveau in Brussels * History of Brussels * Culture of Belgium * Belgium in the long nineteenth centuryReferences
Further reading
*External links
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