Gabriel Van Dievoet
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Sgraffito
Sgraffito is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an...
of great talent. He was the brother of the architect Henri Van Dievoet
Henri Van Dievoet
Henri van Dievoet was a Belgian architect.-Biography:Van Dievoet belonged to an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts family, one of the Seven noble houses of Brussels, which had already shone in the fine arts of the time of Louis XIV...
. He was born in Brussels on 12 April 1875, quai Bois à Brûler, 37 , and died in Saint-Gilles (Brussels) on 17 November 1934.
He was the son of Leon Van Dievoet, ship-owner and maritime-agent, and of Hermine Straatman; and the grandson of Eugene van Dievoet and Hortense Poelaert (sister of the famous architect Joseph Poelaert
Joseph Poelaert
Joseph Poelaert was a Belgian architect.- Life :Born in Brussels to Philip Poelaert , a former architecture student at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Poelaert also trained there under Tilman-François Suys, and then in Paris under Louis Visconti and Jean-Nicolas Huyot.Poelaert...
).
Formation
After a formation at the Académie Royale des Beaux-ArtsAcadémie Royale des Beaux-Arts
The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is an art school, founded in 1711.The faculty and alumni of ARBA include some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: James Ensor, Rene Magritte, and Paul Delvaux...
in Brussels where he was school-fellow of Paul Cauchie, he opened his workshop of decoration and started to collaborate with many architects Art nouveau or late eclecticism like, Victor Boelens, De Kock, Georges Delcoigne, Edouard Elle, Guillaume Low, Georges Peereboom, Edouard Pelseneer, Albert Roosenboom, Fernand Symons, Joseph Van Neck, Armand Van Waesberghe, or his brother Henri Van Dievoet
Henri Van Dievoet
Henri van Dievoet was a Belgian architect.-Biography:Van Dievoet belonged to an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts family, one of the Seven noble houses of Brussels, which had already shone in the fine arts of the time of Louis XIV...
.
He settled initially rue Faider, then at the 91, rue Souveraine at Ixelles, Brussels.
Its style is characterized mainly by the use of stylized floral elements.
Works
He is the author of many decoration in Sgraffitis at Brussels and his surroundings and in Wallonia, inspirated by the Arts and Crafts Movement, for example those of the "Maison dorée" (Gold House) in the town of CharleroiCharleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
.
He is also the author also the Sgraffite decorating those monuments:
- the primary School of Drogenbos (1902)
- town House of Dilbeek (1903)
- college Saint-Alexis college Geel (1900)
- the churche of Erps-Kwerps (1898)
- the church of Machelen (1908)
- villa “les Sorbiers” in the Park of Genval, (decoration of sorbs, architect and owner Fernand Symons, 1904)
- the Escoyez castle by the architect Sonneville architect of Tournai, in 1904, .
He is also the author of paintings and watercolours.
The Royal Library of Belgium
Royal Library of Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium is one of the most important cultural institutions in Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy...
, Albertine, Prints Cabinet , preserves of him an etching entitled “Head of Lion”, (reference:F 41265).
External linkse
- The Gold House in Charleroi.
- http://www.aam.be/fr/coll_des_28.htmlProjects od sgraffiti of Gabriel van Dievoet foor the house of Mr. Collin, boulevard d'Omalius at NamurNamur (city)Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
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