At the end of the XIXth century, in reaction to the old academic buildings, reworked and not very creative, suddenly appears a totally innovative, rupturist architectural style.
Quickly baptized in Belgium and France, Art Nouveau, it developed throughout Europe and even in the United States and as far as Buenos Aires and Cuba. Made of curves, colors, rhythm, it was inspired by nature, trees, flowers, insects, shells, animals, whether indigenous, exotic, symbolist or mythical. The feminine figure was often superbly idealized. Each country had its tenors and its own styles: Hector Guimard in France, Antoni Gaudi in Spain, Otto Wagner in Austria, Charles R. Mackintosh in the United Kingdom for the most famous.
In Belgium, they were numerous, all remarkably inventive. Paul Hankar, Henry van de Velde, Gustave Strauven, Paul Cauchie, Ernest Blerot, Ernest Delune, Albert Rosenboom, and of course the master, Victor Horta, with an international reputation and who was the first to use the curved line.
Total art, all elements of architecture and interior decoration, were thought out, worked on, drawn to integrate with each other in harmony. Ironwork, bricks, stones, mosaics, woodwork, frescoes, stained-glass windows,… all visible elements such as ornaments and furniture respond to one another in an exuberant symphony of shapes, colors, materials, light.
Having reached such a climax, this particular style could only decline. Pushed in the back by a reductive and reactionary nationalism that saw creativity as a threat to their far-right ideas. The First World War saw the end for Art Nouveau which, in its geometric period, already gave way to Art Deco.
To learn all about Art Nouveau, visit the dedicated page on Wikipedia.
Waterloostraat, 39 - Antwerp
Rue de Bois de Breux 52 - Liège
Square Gutenberg 5 - Brussels
Rue St Ghislain 40 - Brussels
Volkstraat 40 - Antwerp
Rue de Belle Vue 46 - Brussels
Avenue du Panthéon 59 - Brussels, Koekelberg
Place Morichar 14 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Rue Luther 28 - Brussels
Rue Potagere 150 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue Philippe Le Bon 70 - Brussels
Rue Renkin 33 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue Philippe Le Bon 55 - Brussels
Fortlaan 17 - Ghent
Place Jean Jacobs 9 - Brussels
Rue de Roumanie 40 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue Brugmann 120 - Brussels, Forest
Rue Franz Merjey 93 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue Washington 50 - Brussels, Ixelles
Chaussée de Waterloo 248 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue de Tervueren 120 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Rue Paul Lauters 47 - Brussels, Ixelles
Avenue Van Volxem 268 - Brussels, Forest
Avenue Général de Gaulle 39 - Brussels, Ixelles
Avenue Saint Augustin 59 - Brussels, Forest
Avenue Albert 217 - Brussels, Forest
Avenue Eugène Demolder 11 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue Ernest Laude 20 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Avenue Eugène Demolder 6 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue Charles Quint 103 - Brussels
Rue Darwin 15/17 - Brussels, Ixelles
Chaussée de Haecht 266 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Waterloostraat, 49 - Antwerp
Rue du Chat Volant 3 - Verviers
Belgian Dental School - Brussels, Etterbeek
Rue Vanderay 102 - Brussels, Uccle
Edward Pecherstraat 22 - Antwerp
Transvaalstraat, 56 - Antwerp
Avenue Winston Churchill 29 - Brussels, Uccle
Stenenbrugstraat 99 - Antwerp
Place Antoine Delporte 17 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Parklaan 37 - Ghent
Rue des Tanneurs 58-62 - Brussels
Avenue Molière 172 - Brussels, Ixelles
Grote Markt, 10 - Ronse
Konigin Astridplein 24 - Antwerp
Rue des Francs 5 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Rue Ducale 65-67 - Brussels
Rue du Marché 26 - Spa
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 86 - Brussels
Rue Royale 13 - Brussels
Rue Defacqz 48 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue Blaes 174 - Brussels
Martelaarslaan 361 - Ghent
Rue des Augustins 33 - Liège
Rue de Fer 28 - Namur
Rue de Nancy 6 - Brussels
Place du Congrès 19 - Liège
Rue Etienne Soubre 29 - Liège
Avenue Paul Dejaer 9 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Rue Jacques Jordeans 34 - Brussels
Oostenstraat 36 - Antwerp
Cogels Osylei, 55 - Antwerp
Waterloostraat, 10 - Antwerp
Cogels Osylei, 46 - Antwerp
Avenue Besme 103 - Brussels, Forest
Waterloostraat 11 - Antwerp
Visserij 167 - Ghent
Waterloostraat, 37 - Antwerp
Avenue Palmerston 2 - Brussels
Waterloostraat, 55 - Antwerp
Avenue Palmerston 3 - Brussels
Rue André Van Hasselt 32 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Avenue des Taills 11 - Bruxelles, Watermael-Boitsfort
Minister Talcklaan 23 - Courtrai
Rue Malibran 47 - Brussels, Ixelles
Biezekapelstraat 1 - Ghent
Rue Jef Lambeaux 18 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue des Rogations 15 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Rue du Collège St Michel 6 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Leuvensesteenweg 330 - Kortenberg
Koningin Astridplein - Antwerp
Rue Vanderschrick 1 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Boulevard du Roi Albert 128 - Tournai
Rue Maus 17 - Brussels
Rue Léon Bernus 39 - Charleroi
Avenue Brugmann 80 - Brussels, Forest
Paleisstraat - Antwerp
Rue de Malplaquet - Mons
Place Brugmann 28 - Brussels, Ixelles
Avenue de Tervueren 68 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Rue Henri Wafelaerts 53 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Rue du Marché aux Poulets 32 - Brussels
Av. Charles Deliège 8 - Binche
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2 - Brussels
Rue des Sables 20 - Brussels
Generaal Van Meerlenstraat, 27 - Antwerp
Rue Victor Hugo 55 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Sacramentstraat 2 - Sint-Niklaas
Oud Kerkhof Engelselaan - Ronse
Boulevard General Jacques 186 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue Henri Wafelaerts 25 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue Moliere 174 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue du Lac 6 - Brussels, Ixelles
Peter Benoitstraat 34 - Antwerp
Tentoonstellinglaan 86 - Ghent
Rue Defacqz 71 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue de la Jonction 1 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Avenue Broustin 110 - Brussels, Ganshoren
Rue Ernest de Bavière 9 - Liège
Beeldhouwerstraat, 22 - Antwerp
Rue Américaine 23 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Rue Royale 316 - Bruxelles, Saint-Josse-Ten Noode
Place Royale - Brussels
Square Vergote 33 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Oostenstraat, 28 - Antwerp
Generaal Van Meerlenstraat, 26 - Antwerp
Laar 30 - Antwerp
Cogels Osylei, 52 - Antwerp
Avenue Brugmann 55 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Oostenstraat, 34 - Antwerp
Avenue Albert 198 - Brussels, Forest
Avenue des Rogations 21 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
rue Le Correge 35 - Brussels
Avenue Moliere 151 - Brussels, Forest
Prins Albertstraat 43 - Sint-Niklaas
Rue du Parlement 6 - Liège
Avenue Van Cutsem 27 - Tournai
Square Gutenberg 8 - Brussels
Avenue Albert Giraud 13 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue du Vieux Mayeur 51 - Liège
Schildersstraat 2 - Antwerp
Rue Arthur Waroqué 70 - La Louvière
Rue du Monastère 22 - Brussels, Ixelles
Prinses Clementinalaan 45 - Ghent
Schorpioenstraat, 17 - Antwerp
Verkortingstraat - Ghent
Cogels Osylei, 44 - Antwerp
Rue Belliard (Parc Léopold) 135 - Brussels
Rue Josaphat 241 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue du Jardin Botanique 39 - Liège
Harmoniestraat 24 - Antwerp
Rue Renkin 90 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rue Félix Delhasse 24 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Arthur Goemaerelei 21 - Antwerp
Grote Markt 25 - Ronse
Avenue Richard Neybergh 160 - Brussels, Laeken
Rue de Nimy 37 - Mons
Transvaalstraat, 52 - Antwerp
Rue Tumélaire 15 - Charleroi
Rue de la Madeleine 7 - Brussels
Avenue Louise 346 - Brussels
Rue de la Station 73 - Soignies
Grand Place - Brussels
Avenue Palmerston 18 - Brussels
Rue de l'Enclos Saint-Martin 3 - Tournai
Cinquantenaire Park 10 - Brussels
Waterloostraat, 30 - Antwerp
Grotehondstraat, 40 - Antwerp
Rue Léon Mignon 19 - Liège
Waterloostraat, 31 - Antwerp
Rue de Florence 13 - Brussels
Rue Maréchal Foch 9 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Rotterdamstraat 53 - Antwerp
Prinses Clementinalaan 173 - Ghent
Kunstlaan 41 - Ghent
Avenue Brugmann 449 - Brussels, Uccle
Jan Breydellaan 4 - Courtrai
Kattenberg 116 - Antwerp
Prinses Clementinalaan 20 - Ghent
Cobdenstraat, 24 - Antwerp
Rue de la Reforme 74 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue de l'Abdication 31 - Brussels
Rue de Sélys 17 - Liège
Cogels Osylei, 80 - Antwerp
Place des Ecoles 23 - Spa
Rue Lairesse 37 - Liège
Rue Faider 83 - Brussels, Ixelles
Rue des Dominicains 8 - Brussels
Koningin Astridplein 20 - Antwerp
Square Ambiorix 11 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Rue Josaphat 229 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Avenue de Rodebeek 59 - Brussels
Belfortstraat 3 - Ghent
Generaal Van Merlenstraat, 39 - Antwerp
Rue de Belle Vue 42 - Brussels
Kunstlaan 23 - Ghent
Pretoriastraat 64 - Antwerp
De Limburg Stirnumlaan 131 - Wemmel
Helenalei 3 - Antwerp
Rue Emile Bouilliot 14 - Brussels, Ixelles
Cinquantenaire Park 10 - Brussels
Rue Stappers 3 - Liège
Rue Marconi 32 - Brussels, Forest
Rue Rodenbach 14/35 - Brussels, Forest
Square de l'Aviation 29 - Brussels, Anderlecht
Avenue Louise 224 - Brussels
Avenue de Tervueren 279 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Transvaalstraat, 30 - Antwerp
Rue de Pavie 32 - Brussels
Rue Paul Emile Janson 6 - Brussels
Rue Maréchal Foch 7 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Vlaanderenstraat 17 - Ostende
Waterloostraat, 16 - Antwerp
Rue des Vennes 127 - Liège
Rue Saint Quentin 30 - Brussels
Concession district - The Cock
Dolfijnstraat, 57 - Antwerp
Chaussee de Charleroi 258a - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Jan Breydellaan 6 - Courtrai
Rue de Belle Vue 30 - Brussels
Prinses Clementinalaan 125 - Ghent
Rue Vilain XIIII 9 - Brussels, Ixelles
Square Gutenberg 19 - Brussels
Frans Spaestraat 24 - Ghent
Place Morichar 41 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Mimosastraat 22 - Antwerp
Boulevard Clovis 85 - Brussels
Avenue Palmerston 4 - Brussels
Mercatorstraat, 104 - Antwerp
Avenue Louis Bertrand 43 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Waterloostraat, 27 - Antwerp
Place Victor Carbonelle 9 - Tournai
Frans Rensstraat 31 - Ghent
Avenue Van Cutsem 29 - Tournai
Hofstraat 345 - Ghent
Avenue du Mont Kemmel 5 - Brussels, Forest
Prinses Clementinalaan 53 - Ghent
Cogels Osylei, 42 - Antwerp
Avenue Général Eisenhower 24 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Prinses Clementinalaan 86 - Ghent
Avenue Reine Astrid 144 - Spa
Rue Théodore Baron 11 - Namur
Avenue de l’Indépendance Belge 16 - Brussels, Koekelberg
Avenue de Selliers de Moranville 11 - Brussels, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
Descampsstraat 22 - Blankenberge
De Damhouderstraat 12 - Antwerp
Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies 66 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Cinquantenaire Park 10 - Brussels
Rue de l Aqueduc 157 - Brussels, Ixelles
Cogels Osylei 50 - Antwerp
Cookies
We use cookies to provide the services and features offered on our site and to improve the experience of our users. Cookies are data that are downloaded or stored on your computer or on any other device. By clicking on "OK", you agree to the use of cookies. You can always deactivate them later. If you delete or disable our cookies, you may experience interruptions or problems accessing the site. By continuing to browse, you accept the deposit of third-party cookies intended to offer you videos, sharing buttons, and uploads of content from social platforms. We use cookies to help us better understand how the site is used. By continuing to use this site, you agree to this policy. Otherwise, you are free to leave the site now.
