1863 - 1957
Henry Clemens van de Velde (Dutch: [ˌɑ̃ːˈri vɑn də ˈvɛldə]; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957) was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium. He worked in Paris with Siegfried Bing, the founder of the first gallery of Art Nouveau in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry van de Velde has received more than 273,875 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry van de Velde is the 31st most popular architect (down from 25th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Architect.
Henry van de Velde was a Belgian architect and designer who is most famous for his work in the Art Nouveau style.
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Among architects, Henry van de Velde ranks 31 out of 424. Before him are Otto Wagner, Victor Horta, Adolf Loos, Apollodorus of Damascus, Tadao Ando, and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. After him are Peter Behrens, Santiago Calatrava, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, André Le Nôtre, and Hippodamus of Miletus.
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 25
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 26
1870 - 1933
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 27
50 - 130
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 28
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 29
1814 - 1879
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 30
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 31
1868 - 1940
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 32
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 33
1781 - 1841
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 34
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 35
1613 - 1700
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 36
498 BC - 408 BC
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1863, Henry van de Velde ranks 11. Before him are Paul Signac, Konstantin Stanislavski, Swami Vivekananda, Arthur Henderson, Pietro Mascagni, and David Lloyd George. After him are Gabriele D'Annunzio, George Herbert Mead, Constantine P. Cavafy, Carlos I of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and Joaquín Sorolla. Among people deceased in 1957, Henry van de Velde ranks 16. Before him are Oliver Hardy, Haakon VII of Norway, Gichin Funakoshi, Arturo Toscanini, Constantin Brâncuși, and Johannes Stark. After him are Walther Bothe, Gerty Cori, Gabriela Mistral, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Irving Langmuir, and Alfred Döblin.
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 5
1863 - 1938
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 6
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 7
1863 - 1935
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 8
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 10
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 13
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 14
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 15
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 16
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 17
1892 - 1957
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 10
1872 - 1957
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 11
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 12
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 13
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 14
1874 - 1957
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 15
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 16
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 17
1896 - 1957
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 18
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 19
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 20
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 21
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 22
Among people born in Belgium, Henry van de Velde ranks 49 out of 1,019. Before him are Abraham Ortelius (1527), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Sax (1814), Jules Bordet (1870), and Simon Stevin (1548). After him are Samo (600), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Isabella of Austria (1501), and Léon Degrelle (1906).
1527 - 1598
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 43
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 44
1840 - 1927
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 45
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 46
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 47
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 48
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 49
600 - 658
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 50
1903 - 1987
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 51
1854 - 1943
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 52
1580 - 1644
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 53
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 54
1906 - 1994
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 55
Among architects born in Belgium, Henry van de Velde ranks 2. Before him are Victor Horta (1861). After him are Auguste Perret (1874), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Lambert Lombard (1505), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Fernand de Montigny (1885).
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 1
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 2
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 4
1505 - 1566
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 5
1695 - 1768
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 7
1885 - 1974
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 8