HORTA MUSEUM

VICTOR HORTA WAS AN ARCHITECT FROM GENT, BELGIUM.  HE  WAS BORN IN 1861 AND HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE.   THE HOUSE ON RUE AMERICAINE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAINT-GILLES IN BRUSSELS WAS WHERE VICTOR HORTA LIVED BETWEEN 1901 - 1919.   THE HOUSE CHANGED HANDS A FEW TIMES BUT THE HOUSE WAS BOUGHT BACK BY THE DISTRICT OF SAINT-GILLES IN 1963.   A BEAUTIFUL RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE 1992.  THEY DID NOT ALLOW PHOTOS TO BE TAKEN IN THE BUILDING SO I HAVE UPLOADED SOME FROM THE INTERNET.   

AFTER OUR VISIT TO THE MUSEUM WE TOOK A STROLL AROUND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD TO VISIT THE EXTERIOR OF SOME OTHER BUILDINGS THAT HE DESIGNED AND BUILT.  MOST OF THEM ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND YOU NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AHEAD OF TIME TO VISIT THE INTERIOR.   

NEXT DOOR TO THE HORTA MUSEUM....pretty funny

TOP LEFT SAYS "MORNING"    see next photo

"DAY"   "EVENING"  AND "NIGHT"

WELL THIS MIGHT  NOT BE ART NOUVEAU - BUT QUITE THE PLACE TO GET YOUR DOG COIFFED.  

ANOTHER NON-ART NOUVEAU BUILDING BUT IT IS THE BUILDING WHERE GEORGE REMI (also known as Herge) DREW HIS CARTOON SERIES THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN.