A team of stone carvers is posing in the dome of the Justice Palace. Is it possible that the team leader, far right on the photograph, is Houtstont? © CIDEP – Information, Documentation and Heritage Study Centre
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Georges Houtstont & the ornamental craze of the belle epoque
May. 31 2021
- Sep. 30 2021
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Georges Houtstont & the ornamental craze of the belle epoque
The Frenchman, Georges Houtstont, came to Brussels in 1858 to help finalise the Congress Column. There, architect Henri Beyaert noticed him and entrusted him with the ornamentation work in and on the residence of the National Bank of Belgium’s governor.
Houtstont then settled in Brussels and opened his workshop there. In spite of his prolific career, he would stay in the shadow of our great architects, like most of his colleagues.
Come and discover his life's work in an exhibition curated by Dr. Linda Van Santvoort, author of a monograph on Houtstont.
An exhibtion hosted in the museum of the National Bank of Belgium, in collaboration with Urban.Brussels.
Scenography: Johannes Berry (architect)
Warmoesberg 57 1000 Brussels Belgium DD/MM/YYYY true
The Frenchman, Georges Houtstont, came to Brussels in 1858 to help finalise the Congress Column. There, architect Henri Beyaert noticed him and entrusted him with the ornamentation work in and on the residence of the National Bank of Belgium’s governor.
Houtstont then settled in Brussels and opened his workshop there. In spite of his prolific career, he would stay in the shadow of our great architects, like most of his colleagues.
Come and discover his life's work in an exhibition curated by Dr. Linda Van Santvoort, author of a monograph on Houtstont.
An exhibtion hosted in the museum of the National Bank of Belgium, in collaboration with Urban.Brussels.
Scenography: Johannes Berry (architect)
Houtstont then settled in Brussels and opened his workshop there. In spite of his prolific career, he would stay in the shadow of our great architects, like most of his colleagues.
Come and discover his life's work in an exhibition curated by Dr. Linda Van Santvoort, author of a monograph on Houtstont.
An exhibtion hosted in the museum of the National Bank of Belgium, in collaboration with Urban.Brussels.
Scenography: Johannes Berry (architect)
Warmoesberg 57,
1000 Brussels, Belgium
https://www.nbbmuseum.be/fr/2021/05/tentoontstelling-georges-houtstont-en-de-ornamentenkoorts-van-de-belle-epoque.htm
1000 Brussels, Belgium