Artist, Architect. Hector Guimard was the Father of the Art Nouveau Movement in France. Famous as an architect and designer during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, his works included printed artwork, furniture, hardware, pottery, and most famously commercial and residential architecture. He is particularly known as the designer of the classic entrances of the Paris Métro stations. Many examples still exist today, and some have been transferred to museums as representatives of Art Nouveau style. Sadly, many of his structures are now lost due to demolition, although some important examples remain. His most famous work is the Castel Béranger apartment building, located in Paris on the Rue Jean LaFontaine, an extraordinary example of the Art Nouveau design. He married Adeline Oppenheim, an American studying art in Paris, in 1909. The Guimards chose to leave France in 1938; since Guimard's wife was of Jewish descent and with war with Germany apparently imminent, the Guimards feared possible antisemitic policies, should France fall under Nazi rule. The Guimards settled in the United States. Hector Guimard, after a lengthy illness, died at the Adams Hotel, located at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue in downtown New York City. His legacy of beautiful Art Nouveau designs in buildings and their adornments were largely forgotten at that time. A revival in interest in Art Nouveau style began in the 1960s, and since then, the value of Guimard's work has been much more appreciated.
Artist, Architect. Hector Guimard was the Father of the Art Nouveau Movement in France. Famous as an architect and designer during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, his works included printed artwork, furniture, hardware, pottery, and most famously commercial and residential architecture. He is particularly known as the designer of the classic entrances of the Paris Métro stations. Many examples still exist today, and some have been transferred to museums as representatives of Art Nouveau style. Sadly, many of his structures are now lost due to demolition, although some important examples remain. His most famous work is the Castel Béranger apartment building, located in Paris on the Rue Jean LaFontaine, an extraordinary example of the Art Nouveau design. He married Adeline Oppenheim, an American studying art in Paris, in 1909. The Guimards chose to leave France in 1938; since Guimard's wife was of Jewish descent and with war with Germany apparently imminent, the Guimards feared possible antisemitic policies, should France fall under Nazi rule. The Guimards settled in the United States. Hector Guimard, after a lengthy illness, died at the Adams Hotel, located at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue in downtown New York City. His legacy of beautiful Art Nouveau designs in buildings and their adornments were largely forgotten at that time. A revival in interest in Art Nouveau style began in the 1960s, and since then, the value of Guimard's work has been much more appreciated.
Gravesite Details
Service: 05/22/1942
Age: 75
Section: Section 42
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Grave: 7
Niche Bank /
Corridor: 36
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