Velde, Henri van de

Velde, Henri van de, 1863-1957, Belgian designer and architect. Beginning as a painter, critic, and crafts designer in Belgium and in France, he received his first great acclaim for the interiors that he exhibited at Dresden in 1897. Van de Velde played a leading role in the development of Jugendstil, the German equivalent of art nouveau. His designs for furniture and tableware are of especially high quality. With ideas deriving in part from Ruskin and William Morris, he taught at his own school, the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts. Van de Velde's architectural activity was considerable. His best work is found in his own house near Brussels (1895) and in the studio building for his school at Weimar (1906), but his architecture never had the quality, importance, or influence of his crafts and his numerous writings. His first book was Die Renaissance im modernen Kunstgewerbe (1901).

Baron Charles-Henri van de Werve (1627-1696), Lord of Schilde, Lord of Giessen-Oudkerk, Lord of Wavre-Notre-Dame and Lord of Wavrans, formed part of a very old, important and noble family of Antwerp.

He was the son of Charles-Bruno van de Werve, Lord of Schilde and of Giessen-Oudkerk; and of Cornélie van de Werve.

He married Eléonore de Varick in 1696. Eléonore was the daughter of Charles-Hyacinthe de Varick, Lord of Court St-Etienne and of Witterzée; and of Eléonore-Louise de Haynin, Lady of Wavrans.

They had 4 children's:

• Eléonore-Marie van de Werve (1698-1726).
• X1(1716): She married Charles-François Boot, Lord of Veltem, Oppem, Sombeke and La Motte.
• X2(1724): She married Ferdinand-Joseph, marquess de la Puente y Reiffenberg, baron of Limal, Lord of Bierges.
• Gertrude-Madeleine van de Werve (1700-1746): She married in 1725 her cousin Philippe-Adrien de Varick, viscount of Brussels, baron of Woluwé-St-Lambert and of Libersart, Lord of Boendaal, Ixelles, Huizingen and Eizingen.
• Baron Charles-Philippe van de Werve (1702-1744), Lord of Schilde, Giessen-Oudkerk and Wavre-Notre-Dame.
• Charles-Philippe van de Werve (1706-1776), count of Vorsselaer, baron of Lichtaert and of Rielen, Lord of Giessen-Oudkerk. He married Marie-Anne de Pret, Lady of Vorsselaer, Lichtaert and Rielen.

External links

• http://www.vandewerve.skyblog.com