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  Why don’t we change everything? In an age
when neo-classical architecture was in full swing, Victor Horta’s question was to undermine existing conceptions and bring new talents to the fore.
By playing with different spaces, by exploiting all the resources offered by lights and colours, and submitting shapes and materials to the will of his pencil, Horta was the precursor of a revolutionary, vibrant and inspired Art Nouveau.
The Brussels scene quickly became a hive of frenzied activity thanks to the contributions made by the colleagues of this visionary, who included Hankar, Strauven, Blérot, the Delune brothers, Cauchie… and more than twenty others. Without copying one another or even falling prey to imitation, all seemed to be guided towards an objective that was both aesthetic and spiritual: the creation of a catalogue of lines, shapes and atmospheres that had no parallel.
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avenue E. Duray – 1000 Bxl
Tél.: +32 (0)2 648 11 21
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Horta Museum
Hôtel Hannon
Flagey 
Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Ixelles
Architecture Foundation
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