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The goal of the association “Le Cercle Guimard” is to promote, for a general public as well as the relevant authorities, the architect and decorator Hector Guimard (1867-1942).

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Le Cercle Guimard has been recognized as an association of public interest

We are pleased to announce that our association Le Cercle Guimard has been recognized as being of public interest by the french tax authorities in July 2020, notably thanks to the actions of the Cercle in favor of the knowledge of heritage.

(24 November 2020)

« Style Nouveau », « Architecte d’Art », « Style Guimard » and « Style Moderne », the qualifiers applied by Guimard to his work and their posterity

This in-depth article (accessible to members and non-members alike) studies for the first time the delicate subject of the qualifiers that Guimard used to describe his work throughout his career. Now, with sufficient hindsight and the support of an older bibliography more extensive than that previously available, we find that beyond the expression of an above-average ego, Guimard showed a certain flexibility, even opportunism, in the use of these terms.
(24 September 2020)

The Daum vase of the Guimard’s bedroom

We begin a series of articles devoted to decorative objects outside of Guimard’s production but used by him to ornate both his furniture creations — on the occasion of an exhibition for example — or his own dwellings in the case of his private mansion on avenue Mozart. This article studies the case of the vase from the Guimard’s bedroom that can be seen in the photos of that time.
(11 June 2020)

Guimard’s stand at the Exposition de la Céramique in 1897 and other architectural achievements in glazed ceramics

By looking at the stand presented by Guimard at the Exposition de la Céramique in 1897, a contemporary creation of the Castel Béranger, we continue to clarify the roles of the ceramic companies that Guimard called upon, the role of the modellers who assisted him, and the nature of the products of their work. Some ceramic decorations made in the filiation of those of Castel Béranger, but for other constructions, will also be mentioned.
(26 May 2020)

What Future for the Hotel Mezzara?

On the website of La Tribune de l’Art, a specialised news magazine, in an article dated 24 April, Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges gives a complete history of the Guimard Museum project carried by Le Cercle Guimard and Fabien Choné. At the end of this account, the journalist questions the Ministry of Culture on the museum potential
(6 May 2020)

The ceramic decorations of the Castel Béranger

The Castel Béranger’s ceramic decorations are usually renowned for being made of glazed stoneware and for having been produced by the Bigot company. But the discovery of new documents allows us to revise this opinion. This article follows the one devoted to the panel with the cat arching his back and the one devoted to the decoration of the vestibule of the Castel Béranger.
(26 April 2020)

 

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