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- 23 x 28.5 cm
- 240 pages
- 200 black and white and color illustrations
- ISBN: 978-2-9092-8326-5
- Text in French only
Art Deco established itself in Belgium immediately after the First World War. The cradle of Art Nouveau, Brussels had already seen the blossoming of the talent of Victor Horta, Paul Hankar and Henry Van de Velde, who gave this artistic movement international influence. The origin of Art Deco in Brussels is to be found in the Viennese Secession, particularly in the house-palace that the Austrian Josef Hoffmann built between 1905 and 1911 for the enlightened industrialist Adolphe Stoclet and which would be a source of inspiration for his nephew Robert Mallet-Stevens. An exceptional iconography newly reveals private interiors, churches, buildings, bars and hotels representative of this era. The old photographs are by Willy Kessels (1898-1971), the most famous Belgian photographer of the interwar period, and the contemporary photographs by Christian Carez, Philippe de Gobert, Sylvie Desauw and Gilbert Fastenaekens. The original drawings come from the Archives of Modern Architecture, one of the most beautiful collections in Europe.