Léon Sneyers
Born in Brussels on July 23, 1877 and died in the same city on September 24, 1949.
Sneyers studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels with Paul Hankar.
He will then work alongside him, after an initiation trip to London and the United States. Strongly influenced by the Viennese Secession, a follower of simplification, Sneyers will be best known for his ephemeral decorative creations (pavilions for universal exhibitions, wall decorations, shop fronts) which have now disappeared.
Sneyers will ultimately leave few traces of this era in Brussels.
A beautiful facade still remains on rue de Nancy, that of the Cortvriendt workshop-house, as well as the window of the Marjolaine store on rue de la Madeleine.
