Chose singulière, le premier site – aujourd’hui disparu – de la Toile à avoir été entièrement consacré à Hector Guimard fut conçu par un admirateur néerlandais, René Veenstra…
Paris 1900
Le blog du « mateur de nouilles », une référence en matière d’Art nouveau !
Wikipedia
L’article sur Hector Guimard de Wikipedia.
Encyclopædia Universalis
Le début de l’article écrit par Roger-Henri Guerrand, qui fut le président d’honneur du Cercle Guimard.
Revue Vingtième Siècle
Hector Guimard entre deux siècles, article écrit en 1988 par Claude Frontisi suite à l’ouverture du Musée d’Orsay.
HGuimard
De la dernière fonte Guimard passée en salle des ventes aux plus récents appartements guimardiens proposés à la location, rien ne semble échapper à l’auteur de ce blog !
Groupe Hector Guimard
Le point de ralliement des amateurs de Guimard sur Flickr, créé par Laurent David Ruamps.
Des chardons sous le balcon
Le compte-rendu d’un passionné de Guimard et de l’Art nouveau.
Œuvres disparues
Le site de Nicolas Horiot : synopsis d’un projet pour la modélisation informatique des œuvres disparues d’Hector Guimard.
Fragrance 1900
La liste des principaux édifices d’Hector Guimard sur le site de Guiom Virantin.
L’Art nouveau
La page sur Hector Guimard du vaste site de Claude Boissy.
Rue La Fontaine
Très belles photos extérieures par Jan Koster, un professeur de linguistique hollandais.
Hector Guimard pornographe ?
Un canular anticlérical démasqué en 2003 par les auteurs du Métropolitain d’Hector Guimard.
Hector Guimard par Salvador Dalí
Extrait du Forum des arts du 5 décembre 1972, où le maître catalan du surréalisme évoque le portique de métro Guimard que vient de lui offrir la Ville de Paris.
Castel Béranger
Belle galerie de photos par Jean-Pierre Kosinski.
Castel Béranger
Belles vues d’intérieur, par Masahiro Nakano.
Castel Béranger
Rarissimes vues de l’ancienne agence de Guimard, par Vincenttheone.
Villa Berthe « La Hublotière »
Une des rares réalisations domestiques d’Hector Guimard accessibles au public.
Villa Berthe « La Hublotière »
Belle galerie de photos par Jean-Pierre Kosinski.
Maison Coilliot
Façade et hall d’entrée visibles sur le site de Claude Boissy.
Maison Coilliot
Court extrait audiovisuel datant de 1977 – année du classement de l’édifice – montrant de rares vues des pièces du premier étage et de la cage d’escalier.
Maison Coilliot
Court extrait audiovisuel datant de 1983 et tiré de l’émission Chefs d’œuvre en péril, montrant de rares vues de la cage d’escalier et des pièces du premier étage.
Villa « La Bluette »
Deux magnifiques vues de la villa prises par François Levalet, adepte de la photographie aérienne par cerf-volant !
Villa « La Bluette »
Deux très belles vues en noir et blanc de la villa à l’issue de sa construction, sur un site de vente de photographies anciennes.
Castel Henriette
… et autres réalisations d’Hector Guimard par le photographe américain Stan Ries.
Villa Canivet
Reportage fourni sur l’édifice, dû au « mateur de nouilles ».
Métropolitain
Les édicules Guimard, ligne de Métro par ligne de Métro.
Métropolitain
Analyses mathématiques – pointues ! – de la forme des surfaces réglées en verre, par Robert Ferréol et Jean Mandonnet.
Castel Val
Un site tout entier dédié au chef-d’œuvre d’Auvers-sur-Oise.
Castel d’Orgeval
Belle collection de cartes postales anciennes montrées par Claude Audigié, historien de Villemoisson-sur-Orge.
Fontes Artistiques
Plus de de 45 planches du fameux catalogue visibles sur ce site dédié à la fonte d’art.
Chalet Blanc
Présentation de la construction et de son propriétaire par Pascale Krémer.
Hôtel Guimard
Le plan des cinq niveaux de l’hôtel, sur le site de l’Université de Grenade.
Hôtel Mezzara
Nombreuses vues d’intérieur, par Masahiro Nakano.
Hôtel Mezzara
L’hôtel figure au catalogue de MiRES, une société qui propose des décors naturels destinés aux professionnels du cinéma.
Synagogue
Visite détaillée de la synagogue de la rue Pavée sur le site Synagogo.
Synagogue
Visite détaillée de la synagogue de la rue Pavée sur le site de Jono David.
Eugène Galien-Laloue
Version nocturne et féerique de la célèbre carte postale diffusée par Guimard, où le pavillon Bastille devient une sorte de lanterne magique, un foyer incandescent qui attire les papillons parisiens évoluant dans la brume hivernale…
Jean-Pierre Kosinski
Trois portfolios consacrés à Guimard.
Jean-Pierre Lyonnet
La villa Canivet sur le site du CAUE 92.
Jean-Pierre Lyonnet
Le Chalet Blanc sur le site du CAUE 92.
Matthew Vigeland
Dessins de cheminées s’inspirant de modèles guimardiens.
Gérard Michel
La maison Coilliot et un détail de l’enseigne sur Flickr.
Steve Sandler
Jassedé Apartments, la toile d’un peintre américain descendu jusqu’à l’avenue de Versailles.
Christian Bénilan
Le Castel Henriette, vu par un aquarelliste représentant les monuments disparus d’Île-de-France.
Christian Bénilan
L’hôtel Nozal, vu par un aquarelliste représentant les monuments disparus d’Île-de-France.
Christian Bénilan
La villa « La Guimardière », vue par un aquarelliste représentant les monuments disparus d’Île-de-France.
Jean-Marc Bonnard
Le catalogue ornemental de Guimard revisité et inséré dans les structures du Lycée Hector Guimard de Paris… A vous de juger !
rejlord
Joli dessin — quoique inachevé — du célèbre écusson des entourages du métro.
Fiih
Portrait d’Hector Guimard, au regard énigmatique…
plasmid1
Logiciel de création 3D et grande liberté d’adaptation pour cette rambarde du métro.
gabematic
Mode vestimentaire et architecture guimardienne dans cet échantillonnage d’impressions recueillies dans le XVIe arrondissement.
SarcasticSicily
La broche du MoMA reconvertie en cadre de texte dans une affiche de vieille voiture.
TZIHMU
Maquette de brochure fictive, fruit d’un devoir d’étudiant en Web design.
The Minimalist
Une bouche de métro humoristique pour illustrer le mot édicule.
Route du Modernisme
Depuis 2006, le Cercle Guimard adhère à la Route européenne de l’Art nouveau, équivalent international de la Ruta del Modernisme, institut catalan de promotion de l’Art nouveau à Barcelone ; Informations et actualités paraissent dans leur revue, Coup de Fouet.
Réseau Art Nouveau Network
Depuis 1999, un réseau international, engagé dans la protection et la promotion du patrimoine Art nouveau européen, se veut le point de ralliement de toutes les villes, institutions et associations du continent concernées par la question ; à consulter : la rubrique Agenda.
Si l’œuvre d’Hector Guimard ne s’admire encore aujourd’hui que depuis la rue, c’est également le cas d’une bonne partie du patrimoine bâti par ses pairs. Voici un aperçu – inévitablement restreint – de l’architecture Art nouveau qui se laisse déjà visiter en Europe…
Musée Horta
A Bruxelles, la maison et l’atelier construits par Victor Horta pour son propre usage, ouverts au public dès 1969, font figure de pionniers en la matière ; le site consacre aussi une page à l’association des Amis du Musée Horta.
Hôtel van Eetvelde
Cette réalisation, qui s’inscrit dans la grande période créatrice d’Horta, n’est accessible qu’en s’inscrivant aux promenades thématiques de l’ARAU de Bruxelles.
Hôtel Solvay
Il est possible de visiter l’un des plus somptueux édifices d’Horta, magnifiquement entretenu par la famille Wittamer depuis 1957, sur réservation et pour des groupes d’une vingtaine de personnes.
Maison Autrique
Récemment restauré, l’édifice de transition qui précède immédiatement l’hôtel Tassel d’Horta est aujourd’hui ouvert au public.
Maison Cauchie
Vers 1980, Guy Dessicy, un des premiers collaborateurs d’Hergé, sauve de la ruine l’œuvre manifeste de Paul Cauchie et la restaure patiemment ; elle est aujourd’hui ouverte à la visite tous les premiers week-ends de chaque mois.
Hôtel Hannon
Construit par Jules Brunfaut pour un associé d’Armand Solvay, il abrite aujourd’hui l’Espace Photographique Contretype.
De Ultieme Hallucinatie
Le célèbre restaurant où l’on peut, en plus des plaisirs de la table, apprécier l’un des plus beaux décors Art nouveau de Bruxelles.
Villa Jika
Construite par Henri Sauvage pour l’ébéniste Louis Majorelle, la plus belle villa Art nouveau de Nancy est accessible à la visite sur réservation.
Brasserie Excelsior
Le célèbre restaurant nancéen, point de convergence des talents de Weissenburger, Grüber et Majorelle, reste un des endroits les plus emblématiques du Nancy 1900.
Gaudí & Barcelona Club
Les œuvres majeures du chef de file du Modernismo catalan et leurs conditions de visite sont ici répertoriées par une association assurant la promotion de son œuvre.
Casa Batlló
A l’occasion du centenaire de sa construction, ce joyau de la grande période créatrice de Gaudí est enfin accessible au visiteur.
Casa Milà
Ouverte au public depuis 1987 par les bons soins de la Caixa Catalunya, la dernière réalisation profane de Gaudí attire près d’un million de visiteurs par an.
Palau de la Musica
A l’instar du palais Garnier à Paris, il est possible à Barcelone de visiter le rutilant chef-d’œuvre de Domènech i Montaner.
Villa Igiea
Aujourd’hui reconvertie en hôtel de luxe, l’œuvre d’Ernesto Basile, à Palerme, a gardé sa belle salle-à-manger Art nouveau.
Nietzsche-Archiv
La visite des Archives Nietzsche, à Weimar, permet d’apprécier un des aménagements intérieurs les plus subtils et les plus achevés d’Henry van de Velde.
Villa Stuck
La somptueuse villa du peintre fondateur de la Sécession munichoise sert aujourd’hui de cadre à de nombreuses expositions – l’une d’elles, en 1999, a eu pour sujet le Castel Béranger.
Secessions gebäude
L’œuvre-symbole de la Sécession viennoise, conçue par Joseph Maria Olbrich, est encore aujourd’hui dédiée à l’actualité artistique contemporaine ; on peut toujours y admirer la célèbre Frise Beethoven de Gustav Klimt.
Wagner Villen
Les somptueuses villas que le chef de file de la Sécession viennoise, Otto Wagner, s’est construit pour lui-même, abritent maintenant le musée du peintre surréaliste Ernst Fuchs.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society
Les œuvres majeures du chef de file de l’Ecole de Glasgow et leurs conditions de visite sont ici excellemment présentées.
Mackintosh House
La maison personnelle de Charles Rennie Mackintosh, aujourd’hui disparue, a été reconstituée au sein du Hunterian Museum.
The Guimard Circle posts files (PDF ; in french) on a specific architectural creation or on the use of a specific kind of material.
(pdf; in french ; 5.5 Mo).
To consult the document on-line: fr.calameo.com/read/000320452617ef9200cf4 Text in
French, but many illustrations (careful: it reaches 65 Mo.).
Our aim is the prepare, in due course, as complete a catalogue as possible of Hector Guimard’s cast-iron creations, and above all to examine the conditions of their creation, dissemination and use. This study will, itself, be included in a broader discussion about the use by Guimard of different architectural materials.
At the outset, we shall present models produced by three foundries: Durenne, Le Val d’Osne and Bigot-Renaux.
Rather than classify the cast iron creations chronologically – which could prove quite difficult – we have chosen to present them by foundry, then by building site. This approach has the advantage of keeping together important groups of such creations.
Thus, all the cast iron creations designed for the Castel Béranger (1895 – 1898) were produced by Durenne, with the exception of the roof gutters and drainpipes.
The production of all the cast-iron creations used in the Paris Métropolitain (Underground/Subway -1900 – 1903) was entrusted by Guimard and the Métropolitain company to Le Val d’Osne, once again with the exception of gutters and drainpipes. These were requested from the third foundry, Bigot-Renaux, whose specialty they were. And Guimard was to order from that enterprise other gutter models.With the exception perhaps of certain models shown in the Bigot-Renaux catalogue, all the forms of this first cast-iron “repertory” were exclusive, i.e. for the sole use in Guimard’s constructions. We are adding to this first catalogue several of Guimard’s cast-iron objects whose foundry remains unknown to this day.
This will be quite different, being devoted only to products of the Leclerc foundry at Saint-Dizier, which, with the exception of the objects solely intended for the Humbert de Romans Concert Hall (1898 – 1902), was to attempt with Guimard to make known via catalogues a whole series of architectural, garden and burial cast-iron products.
Translation in progress. Thank you for your understanding.
To get more details about those numbers, please read our article in french:
Chiffres Guimard en fonte : tirages anciens ou tirages modernes
Size: around 9 cm x 13 cm.
Each number: 30 euros
(20 € for members)
Ce modèle de bouton de porte a initialement été créé par Guimard et édité en porcelaine pour le Castel Béranger. Il a ensuite été produit en quelques exemplaires en laiton pour la Maison Coilliot à Lille.
Copie d’après un modèle original en porcelaine du Castel Béranger. Carré de 7 mm. Comporte un poinçon au logo du Cercle Guimard. Fourni avec une rosace en laiton à simple doucine.
Prix de vente : 200 € (adhérents) – 250 € (non adhérent).
Copie d’après un modèle original de poignée palière du Castel Béranger. Carré de 7mm. La béquille comporte un poinçon au logo du Cercle Guimard.
Prix de vente : 300 € (adhérents) – 350 € (non adhérent).
Copy by Mérigous in Limoges, France.
Hollow handle. Color: white.
Copy of the bedroom paperwall of the Castel Béranger. Hand blocked wallpaper, following the same technics as in 1896 when it was produced by Maison Le Mardelé.
Il s’agit d’un papier au raccord.
La largeur du motif est de 50 cm.
La longueur d’un rouleau est de 10 m.
Prix 400 € HT le rouleau.
Nous le proposons en deux jeux de couleurs au choix :
Colours on the printed wallpaper might be slightly different form the one on your computer screen.
More historical and technical details (in french).
To order the paperwall, please contact:
L’Atelier d’Offard
21 avenue André Maginot
37100 Tours – France
contact@atelierdoffard.com
Tél. +33 (0) 2 47 67 93 22
www.atelierdoffard.com
Castel Béranger
14 rue Jean-de-La-Fontaine
75016 Paris
France
Association loi 1901, Ordre 03/4846, dossier 00162943
Guiom Virantin, 2007,8 min 15 s.
Produced with the help of the Cercle Guimard and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Backed by music by Siso and a text spoken by Noémie Bernard, the camera offers a poetic and
dreamy “reading” of this townhouse masterpiece, shown at the 2006 exhibition “The Guimard Style – A Collector’s Album”.
Jacques Tréfouël
1999, 52 min.
(TV channels La Cinquième-Arte)
Pascal Kané, 1992, 42 min.
A “fictional documentary” shown during the Guimard exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in 1992.
According to the film package: “Starting from a porcelain door handle discovered at the flea market, the writer and art lover Rafaël Pividal reconstitutes the trail of Hector Guimard, one of the Art Nouveau masters. From townhouses to the Métro entrances without forgetting the Castel Béranger – an exceptional apartment house -, the film attempts to reveal this creator’s approach and, basically, his production.”
(Les Films d’Ici)
Georges Franju, 1967, 6 min 27 s
Alain Blondel, Yves Plantin, 1966, 12 min.
Backed by music of the composer Jef Gilson and a text spoken by José-Maria Flotats, and twice a prizewinner (Max Ophüls Short Subject Festival in 1966 and the Golden Lion at the 7th Venice Art Film Festival), this documentary transports the viewer on a fluid and playful visit to the “universe” of Hector Guimard. The “organic” architectural details underscore the delicacy of the sculpted furniture and decorative pieces, with a reciprocity that enables one to admire his most representative works, some of which have since been destroyed.
(Roland Collection – VHS or Pay-per-View version)
Maurice Rheims, 1966, 14 min.
(Roland Collection – VHS or Pay-per-view version)
Roger Leenhardt, 1950, 23 min. A black/white documentary filmed for the fiftieth anniversary of the Paris subway.
This edited collection of period shots shows the construction and upkeep of the Métro as well as several stations.
Nicole Védrès, 1948, 1 h 19 min.
A black/white French film : Nicole Védrès became enamored of the turbulent early 20th century Paris. This documentary is an edited collection of period news films, fiction productions and period amateur films.
Concerning Guimard, it shows: the inauguration of Métro Line N° 1 by the Paris Prefect Lépine and a view of a bustling Métro exist, perhaps at the Argentine station.
Concerning that other Art Nouveau architect Jules Lavirotte, there is a view of the doorway and part
of the façade of his masterpiece apartment house on Avenue Rapp in Paris.
Stephen Frears, 2009.
Partly shot at Guimard’s Mezzara Townhouse.
Brad Silbering, 1995.
Includes shots of Gaudi’s Casa Battlo in Barcelona, some chairs by Mackintosh, a table lamp by Behrens and – a short moment – a replica of the Maison Coillot’s chimney by Guimard (Lille).
Jacques Charon, 196, 1 h 35
Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.
Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1965, 1 h 42 min.
Partly shot at Guimard’s Castel Henriette.
Clive Donner, 1965, 1 h 48 min.
With Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacques Balutin, etc.
The first film written by Woody Allen, this is a psychedelic comedy, shot in part at Guimard’s Castel Henriette.
Michel Mitrani, 1964.
Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.
Roger Vadim, 1964.
Partly shot at the Castel Henriette.
Georges Franju, 1963.
A studio decoration is much inspired by the north façade of the Guimard Townhouse, on the Villa Flore side.
Louis Malle, 1960.
One scene shows, at the Bastille station, the Guimard kiosk and internal structure (later demolished).
Mona Acache, 2009.
Has as background an Art Nouveau building by the architect Charles Klein with glazed sandstone by the ceramicist Emile Müller.
Marcel Gibaud, 1971, 11 min.
Among other Art Nouveau buildings filmed, this b/w documentary shows Jules Lavirotte’s apartment house on avenue Rapp, Paris VIIth.
Jean Epstein, 1938, 49 min.
This b/w documentary was commissioned by the National Federation of Building Workers Trade Union (affiliated to the CGT) and shot during the left-wing Popular Front period. It shows images of many Paris buildings, with several contemporary examples.
Concerning Guimard and Art Nouveau: a Métro entrance and several Art Nouveau facades.
(including architectural projects)
– 1867: Hector Germain Guimard is born at Lyon on 10 March.
– 1882: Candidacy for the National School of Decorative Arts.
– 1883: He is accepted by the Architecture Section of that School.
– 1885: Having graduated from the Decorative Arts School, Guimard passes the entrance exam for the Architecture Section of the Fine Arts School and admitted to the second year class of Gustave Raulin. He remains at the Fine Arts School until 1887, while beginning his career as an architect. Having passed the School’s age limit of 30 years he doesn’t attempt to receive a diploma from it.
– 1888: At the beginning of the year, he participates in the public competition to design the Town Hall of Calais.
– 1888: He builds the “Au Grand Neptune” Café-Concert Restaurant: 148 quai d’Auteuil (today quai Louis Blériot) in the XVIth district of Paris. Destroyed about 1910.
– 1889: The Electricity Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition. Destroyed.
– 1889: Guimard enters the first-year class of the Architecture Section of the Fine Arts School.
– 1889: The Lécolle Apartment House: 122 avenue des Batignolles (today avenue Gabriel Péri) in the Paris suburb of Saint-Oouen, Seine-Saint-Denis département.
– 1891: The Roszé townhouse: 34 rue Boileau, Paris XVIth district.
– 1891: The Hannequin Pavilions: 145 avenue de Versailles, Paris XVIth. Destroyed in 1926.
– 1891 : Draft proposal for the entryway to the Guimard Gymnasium, for his father Germain Guimard : 122 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris XVIIth.
– 1892: Twin Lécolle Houses: 142 rue du Vieux Pont de Sèvres, Boulogne Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed around 1912.
– 1892 : Rose Hunting Pavilion : 14 – 14ter rue des Tilleuls, Limeil-Brévannes, Val-de-Marne département. Destroyed around 1960.
– 1892 : Victor Rose burial monument : Batignolles Cemetery, Paris XVIIth.
– 1893: Draft proposal for a townhouse at 44 boulevard Jourdan, Paris XVIth.
– 1893: Jassedé Townhouse, 41 rue du Point du Jour (today rue Chardon-Lagache), Paris XVIth.
– 1893 : In August, Guimard moves into N° 64 boulevard Exelmans, Paris XVIth.
– 1893 : Villa Jassedé : 63 route de Clamart (today avenue du Général-de-Gaulle) ; Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1894 : Guimard takes part in the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts.
– 1894: Funeral chapel for Devos-Logie and Mirand-Devos: Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Yvelines departement.
– 1894: Guimard travels to Great Britain and paints some watercolor pictures.
– 1894: Delfau Townhouse: 1 ter rue Molitor, Paris XVIth. Modified about 1907.
– 1894-1895: Carpeaux Studio: 39 boulevard Exelmans, Paris XVIth.
– 1895 : Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart) School : 9 avenue Frillière, Paris XVIth. Several modifications between 1939 and 1978.
– 1895: Rouchdy Bey Pacha burial monument: Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Yvelines departement.
– 1895: Obry-Jassadé burial monument:
Issy-les-Moulineaux Cemetery, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– Giron, Mirel and Gaillard burial monument : Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris XIVth.
– 1896 : Villa Berthe : 72 rue de Montesson, Le Vésinet, Yvelines département.
– 1896 : Guimard exhibits at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts.
– 1896: Coutolleau Armory: 6 boulevard de Saumur (today boulevard du Maréchal Foch), Angers, Maine-et-Loire département. Destroyed about 1929.
– 1896 : La Boudinière Theater and Melrose Tearoom : 18 rue Saint-Lazare, Paris IXth. Destroyed about 1910.
– 1897: Villa Lantillon: 72 rue de Vaujours, Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis département. Destroyed.
– 1897 : Guimard moves into the Castel Béranger (see 1895-1898 above).
– 1897: He exhibits his interior decoration of the Castel Béranger at the National Salon of Fine Arts.
– 1897: A dwelling porch presented at the Ceramics and “Fire Arts” Exhibition at the Fine Arts Palace, Paris. Destroyed.
– 1897: Guimard resigns from the National Fine Arts Society, showing solidarity with Anatole de Baudot.
– 1897-1898: Nelly Chaumier burial monument:
Bléré cemetery, Indre-et-Loire département.
– 1897-1898: Interior decoration for the Roy property : Les Gverils, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret departement. Dismantled.
– 1898: Roy Townhouse: 81 boulevard Suchet, Paris XVIth. Destroyed about 1960.
– 1898: Guimard resigns from his drawing professorship at the National School of Decorative Arts.
– 1898-1901: Humbert de Romans Concert Hall: 60 rue Saint-Didier, Paris XVIth. Destroyed in 1904-1905.
– 1898: Roucher Villas: 9 and 9 bis impasse Racine, Hameau Boileau, Paris XVIth. Transformed.
– 1898 : The Rouam Bookstore publishes an album devoted to the Castel Béranger: Art in Modern Dwellings.
– 1898: Maison Coilliot: 14 rue de Fleurus, Lille, Nord département.
– 1899 : Canivet Villa, 18 avenue du Parc de Beauveau-Craon (today avenue Alphonse-de-Neuville), Garches, Hauts-de-Seine département. Transformed.
– 1899 : « La Bluette » Villa : 272 rue Pré-de-l’Ile, Hermanan-sur-Mer, Calvados département.
– 1899 : The Castel Béranger is prizewinner in the Facade Competition organized by the City of Paris.
– 1899: At the beginning of April an exhibition on the Castel Béranger is held at the newspaper Le Figaro.
– 1899: 7 June – the death of the architect’s father, Germain Guimard.
– 1899: Castel Henriette: 46 rue des Binelles, Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed in March 1969.
– 1899 : Guimard designs the cover of the first number of the Revue d’Art.
– 1899: 27 December – the death of the architect’s mother.
– 1899: Burial monument for Ernest Caillat : Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris XXth.
– 1899-1900 : The « La Sapinière » House : 561 rue Pré-en-l’Ile, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados département. Disfigured.
– 1900 : Draft proposal for a « People’s University » : Paris XVth.
– 1900 – 1903: Kiosks and stations for the Paris Métro (subway/underground).
– 1900: Guimard participates in the Universal Exhibition, presenting elements of the Castel Béranger and the Humbert de Romans Concert Hall. He also designs the stands of the industrialist Dejardin and the Millot perfumery.
– 1900-1901: Dejardin pavilion and store: 10-12 impasse Boileau, Paris XVIth. Destroyed around 1925.
– 1901: Guimard takes part in the Exhibition of Arts Applied to the Decoration of Cloth.
– 1901: Castel Eclipse: 1 – 3 rue de l’Assemblée Nationale, Versailles, Yvelines département. Destroyed.
– 1902 : Guimard presents furniture, decorative elements and drawings at the Exhibition of Salon Prizes and Travel Grantees at the Grand Palais, Paris.
– 1902: Warehouses of the Nozal Company: 132 avenue de Paris (today: avenue du Président Wilson), La Plaine Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis department.
– 1902: Founding member of the “New Paris” association, created by Georges Bans with Frantz Jourdain.
– 1902: Draft proposal for a garden on the Champs-Elysées.
– 1902: Guimard creates the “Binelles Vase”, his third collaboration with the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, for which he also designs a show window.
– 1902-1903: The Castel Val: 4 rue des Meulières, Chaponval, Auvers-sur-Oise, Val d’Oise département.
– 1902-1906 : Nozal Townhouse : 52 rue de Ranelagh, Paris XVIth.
– 1903 : Nozal Workshops : 12 avenue Perrichont-prolongée, Paris XVIth. Destroyed around 1960.
– 1903: Comemmorative monument to Paul Nozal: La Tatre, Charente departement.
– 1903 : « The Guimard Style » Pavilion at the Dwelling Exhibition : Grand Palais, Paris ; VIIth. Destroyed.
– 1903: Guimard is a founding member of the Autumn Salon Society and at the first one exhibits several watercolors.
– 1903-1905: The Jassedé Apartment House: 142 avenue de Versailles and 1 rue Lancret, Paris XVIth.
– 1903-1907: “The Surprise” Villa: 13 avenue des Dunes (today: avenue du Maréchal Foch), Cabourg, Calvados département.
– 1903 : Draft proposal for a « French Memory » monument.
– 1904: Beginning of January – Guimard presents decorative elements at the First Salon of Decorative Artists.
– 1904: Breach of the contract between the Paris Métro (underground/subway) Company and Guimard.
– 1904: Castel d’Orgeval: 2 avenue de la Mare-Tambour, Villemoisson-dur-Orge, Essonne département.
– 1904 : Draft proposal for the heightening of a small apartment house : 22 rue Chardon-Lagache, Paris XVIth.
– 1904: Guimard takes part in the Autumn Salon.
– 1904: Draft proposal for some country houses.
– 1904: Draft proposals for the Nozal offices: 9 quai de Passy, Paris XVIth.
– 1905 – 1907: Deron-Levent Townhouse: 8 villa de la Réunion, Paris XVIth. /Attention : Villa de la Réunion EXACT : CORRECTION A EFFECTUER DANS LE TEXTE FRANÇAIS ? MERCI /
– 1906 : Draft proposal for raising the Ledru Townhouse : 25 rue Erlanger, Paris XVIth.
– 1906: “April Rose” Villa (« Rose d’Avril »): avenue de la Pépinière, Morsang-sur-Orge, Essonne département. Destroyed.
– 1906 : « Moonlight Villa » (« Clair de Lune ») : 18 avenue du Muguet, Morsang-sur-Orge, Essonne département. Transformed.
– 1907 : Guimard takes part in the 3rd Salon of Decorative Artists.
– 1907: Guimard designs and produces the furniture and interior decoration of the Villa Desagnat: 5 bis avenue du Maréchal Foch, Saint Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine département. House destroyed and furniture scattered around 1980.
– 1907: Huin Store: Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed ( ?)
– 1907 : Grunwaldt Chapel : Neuilly-sur-Seine Cemetery, Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine .département
– 1908 : In July, Guimard takes part in the Franco-British Exhibition at London.
– 1908: In November, Guimard exhibits art objects at the 4th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1909: Guimard undertakes a study tour in Germany and Austria.
– 1909: The White Chalet (Chalet Blanc): 2, rue du Lycée, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1909-1910 : Villa : 16 rue Jean Doyen, Eaubonne, Val d’Oise département.
– 1909 : On 17 February, Guimard marries Adeline Oppenheim, a painter from New York.
– 1909-1912 : The Guimard Townhouse : 122 avenue Mozart, Paris XVIth.
– 1909: In July, Guimard takes part in the French Exhibition of Decorative Art at Copenhagen.
– 1909-1910: The Trémois Apartment House: 11 rue François Millet, Paris XVIth.
– 1909 : Publication of a catalogue of cast-iron art objects with the Saint-Dizier Foundry.
– 1910-1911: A cluster of apartment houses: 17-19-21 rue La Fontaine, 43 rue Gros and 8-10 rue Agar, Paris XVIth.
– 1910: Guimard exhibits at the 5th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1910-1911: The Mezzara Townhouse: 60 rue de La Fontaine, Paris XVIth. Listed as an historical monument in 1975.
– 1910 : Guimard takes part in the First Official Exhibition of Students and Graduates of the Fine Arts School.
– 1910: Draft proposals for apartment houses: 148 quai d’Auteuil and 147 avenue de Versailles, Paris XVIth.
– 1911: Guimard exhibits drawings, photographs and furniture at the International Exhibition of Work-related Industries at Turin.
– 1911: Du 23 février au 26 mars, Guimard participe au 6ème Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs. Il présente des photographies de l’immeuble du 6 rue François-Millet (façade et intérieurs) ainsi que des éléments mobiliers et des bijoux.
– 1912: At the 7th Salon of.the Decorative Artists’ Society, Guimard exhibits photographs of the apartment house cluster on rue La Fontaine, rue Gros and rue Agar.
– 1912: Deron Levent burial monument: Auteuil Cemetery, Paris XVIth.
– 1913: Guimard again exhibits photos of the La Fontaine, Gros and Agar apartment houses at the 8th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1913: Hemsy Villa: 3 rue de Crillon, Saint-Cloud, HAuts-de-Seine département. Transformed.
– 1913 : Synagogue : 10 rue Pavée, Paris IVth.
– 1913 : Draft proposal for a townhouse : rue Jean-Daudin, Paris XVth.
– 1913: Guimard is selected to join the jury at the Autumn Salon.
– 1914: Nicolle-de-Montjoye townhouse: 7 rue Pierre-Ducreux (today rue René Bazin), Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1914-1920 : An office building : 10 rue de Bretagne, Paris IIIrd
– 1914 : Guimard exhibits at the 9th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1914: Draft proposal for property development: rue Henri-Heine, rue Jasmin, rue Pierre-Ducreux and rue Robert-Turquan, Paris XVIth.
– 1920: Heightening of the Barthélémy Townhouse: 53 rue Ranelagh, Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1920: Commemorative monument: Michelet Highschool, Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1921 : Bastien Garage : 34 rue Robert-Turquan, Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1921 : Commemorative monument : Montiers-sur-Saulx, Meuse département. Destroyed in 1974.
– 1921-1922 : Standardized town house : 3 square Jasmin, Paris XVIth.
– 1922: Albert Aldès burial monument. Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris XIVth.
– 1923: Guimard is named Vice-President of the Group of Modern Architects in preparation for the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.
– 1925: A “French Village Town Hall” for the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Destroyed.
– 1925: A tomb for “A French Village Cemetery” at the same Exhibition. Destroyed.
– 1925: Guimard exhibits at the Exhibition of Renovators of Applied Arts from 1890 to 1910.
– 1926: Takes part in an exhibition of French architecture in New York.
– 1926: The Guimard Apartment House: 18 rue Henri-Heine, Paris XVIth.
– 1926-1927: Houyvet apartment house: 2 villa Flore, Paris XVIth.
– 1927-1928: Buildings for rental apartments: 36 and 38 rue Greuze, Paris XVIth.
– 1929: Guimard is named Knight of the French Legion of Honor.
– 1929: Draft proposal for a monument commemorating the Marne Victory: Mondement, Marne département.
– 1930: Draft proposal for museums.
– 1930: Hector and Adeline Guimard move into the Guimard Apartment House at 18 rue Henri Heine (see under 1926 above).
– 1930: “La Guimardière” villa: rue Le Nôtre, Vaucresson,Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed.
– 1933 : Guimard takes part in the exhibition on « The Decoration of Life During the Third Republic from 1870 to 1900” at the Marsan Pavilion (Louvre, Paris Ist).
– 1937: He is a jury member for the “Architecture” category at the “Decoration of Life from 1900 to 1925”, exhibition” at the Marsan Pavilion (Louvre, Paris Ist).
– 1938: The Guimards leave France by ship for the United States, and settle at Adams Hotel in New York.
– 1942: On 20 May, Guimard dies in New York.
(including architectural projects)
– 1867: Hector Germain Guimard is born at Lyon on 10 March.
– 1882: Candidacy for the National School of Decorative Arts.
– 1883: He is accepted by the Architecture Section of that School.
– 1885: Having graduated from the Decorative Arts School, Guimard passes the entrance exam for the Architecture Section of the Fine Arts School and admitted to the second year class of Gustave Raulin. He remains at the Fine Arts School until 1887, while beginning his career as an architect. Having passed the School’s age limit of 30 years he doesn’t attempt to receive a diploma from it.
– 1888: At the beginning of the year, he participates in the public competition to design the Town Hall of Calais.
– 1888: He builds the “Au Grand Neptune” Café-Concert Restaurant: 148 quai d’Auteuil (today quai Louis Blériot) in the XVIth district of Paris. Destroyed about 1910.
– 1889: The Electricity Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition. Destroyed.
– 1889: Guimard enters the first-year class of the Architecture Section of the Fine Arts School.
– 1889: The Lécolle Apartment House: 122 avenue des Batignolles (today avenue Gabriel Péri) in the Paris suburb of Saint-Oouen, Seine-Saint-Denis département.
– 1891: The Roszé townhouse: 34 rue Boileau, Paris XVIth district.
– 1891: The Hannequin Pavilions: 145 avenue de Versailles, Paris XVIth. Destroyed in 1926.
– 1891 : Draft proposal for the entryway to the Guimard Gymnasium, for his father Germain Guimard : 122 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris XVIIth.
– 1892: Twin Lécolle Houses: 142 rue du Vieux Pont de Sèvres, Boulogne Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed around 1912.
– 1892 : Rose Hunting Pavilion : 14 – 14ter rue des Tilleuls, Limeil-Brévannes, Val-de-Marne département. Destroyed around 1960.
– 1892 : Victor Rose burial monument : Batignolles Cemetery, Paris XVIIth.
– 1893: Draft proposal for a townhouse at 44 boulevard Jourdan, Paris XVIth.
– 1893: Jassedé Townhouse, 41 rue du Point du Jour (today rue Chardon-Lagache), Paris XVIth.
– 1893 : In August, Guimard moves into N° 64 boulevard Exelmans, Paris XVIth.
– 1893 : Villa Jassedé : 63 route de Clamart (today avenue du Général-de-Gaulle) ; Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1894 : Guimard takes part in the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts.
– 1894: Funeral chapel for Devos-Logie and Mirand-Devos: Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Yvelines departement.
– 1894: Guimard travels to Great Britain and paints some watercolor pictures.
– 1894: Delfau Townhouse: 1 ter rue Molitor, Paris XVIth. Modified about 1907.
– 1894-1895: Carpeaux Studio: 39 boulevard Exelmans, Paris XVIth.
– 1895 : Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart) School : 9 avenue Frillière, Paris XVIth. Several modifications between 1939 and 1978.
– 1895: Rouchdy Bey Pacha burial monument: Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Yvelines departement.
– 1895: Obry-Jassadé burial monument:
Issy-les-Moulineaux Cemetery, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– Giron, Mirel and Gaillard burial monument : Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris XIVth.
– 1896 : Villa Berthe : 72 rue de Montesson, Le Vésinet, Yvelines département.
– 1896 : Guimard exhibits at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts.
– 1896: Coutolleau Armory: 6 boulevard de Saumur (today boulevard du Maréchal Foch), Angers, Maine-et-Loire département. Destroyed about 1929.
– 1896 : La Boudinière Theater and Melrose Tearoom : 18 rue Saint-Lazare, Paris IXth. Destroyed about 1910.
– 1897: Villa Lantillon: 72 rue de Vaujours, Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis département. Destroyed.
– 1897 : Guimard moves into the Castel Béranger (see 1895-1898 above).
– 1897: He exhibits his interior decoration of the Castel Béranger at the National Salon of Fine Arts.
– 1897: A dwelling porch presented at the Ceramics and “Fire Arts” Exhibition at the Fine Arts Palace, Paris. Destroyed.
– 1897: Guimard resigns from the National Fine Arts Society, showing solidarity with Anatole de Baudot.
– 1897-1898: Nelly Chaumier burial monument:
Bléré cemetery, Indre-et-Loire département.
– 1897-1898: Interior decoration for the Roy property : Les Gverils, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret departement. Dismantled.
– 1898: Roy Townhouse: 81 boulevard Suchet, Paris XVIth. Destroyed about 1960.
– 1898: Guimard resigns from his drawing professorship at the National School of Decorative Arts.
– 1898-1901: Humbert de Romans Concert Hall: 60 rue Saint-Didier, Paris XVIth. Destroyed in 1904-1905.
– 1898: Roucher Villas: 9 and 9 bis impasse Racine, Hameau Boileau, Paris XVIth. Transformed.
– 1898 : The Rouam Bookstore publishes an album devoted to the Castel Béranger: Art in Modern Dwellings.
– 1898: Maison Coilliot: 14 rue de Fleurus, Lille, Nord département.
– 1899 : Canivet Villa, 18 avenue du Parc de Beauveau-Craon (today avenue Alphonse-de-Neuville), Garches, Hauts-de-Seine département. Transformed.
– 1899 : « La Bluette » Villa : 272 rue Pré-de-l’Ile, Hermanan-sur-Mer, Calvados département.
– 1899 : The Castel Béranger is prizewinner in the Facade Competition organized by the City of Paris.
– 1899: At the beginning of April an exhibition on the Castel Béranger is held at the newspaper Le Figaro.
– 1899: 7 June – the death of the architect’s father, Germain Guimard.
– 1899: Castel Henriette: 46 rue des Binelles, Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed in March 1969.
– 1899 : Guimard designs the cover of the first number of the Revue d’Art.
– 1899: 27 December – the death of the architect’s mother.
– 1899: Burial monument for Ernest Caillat : Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris XXth.
– 1899-1900 : The « La Sapinière » House : 561 rue Pré-en-l’Ile, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados département. Disfigured.
– 1900 : Draft proposal for a « People’s University » : Paris XVth.
– 1900 – 1903: Kiosks and stations for the Paris Métro (subway/underground).
– 1900: Guimard participates in the Universal Exhibition, presenting elements of the Castel Béranger and the Humbert de Romans Concert Hall. He also designs the stands of the industrialist Dejardin and the Millot perfumery.
– 1900-1901: Dejardin pavilion and store: 10-12 impasse Boileau, Paris XVIth. Destroyed around 1925.
– 1901: Guimard takes part in the Exhibition of Arts Applied to the Decoration of Cloth.
– 1901: Castel Eclipse: 1 – 3 rue de l’Assemblée Nationale, Versailles, Yvelines département. Destroyed.
– 1902 : Guimard presents furniture, decorative elements and drawings at the Exhibition of Salon Prizes and Travel Grantees at the Grand Palais, Paris.
– 1902: Warehouses of the Nozal Company: 132 avenue de Paris (today: avenue du Président Wilson), La Plaine Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis department.
– 1902: Founding member of the “New Paris” association, created by Georges Bans with Frantz Jourdain.
– 1902: Draft proposal for a garden on the Champs-Elysées.
– 1902: Guimard creates the “Binelles Vase”, his third collaboration with the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, for which he also designs a show window.
– 1902-1903: The Castel Val: 4 rue des Meulières, Chaponval, Auvers-sur-Oise, Val d’Oise département.
– 1902-1906 : Nozal Townhouse : 52 rue de Ranelagh, Paris XVIth.
– 1903 : Nozal Workshops : 12 avenue Perrichont-prolongée, Paris XVIth. Destroyed around 1960.
– 1903: Comemmorative monument to Paul Nozal: La Tatre, Charente departement.
– 1903 : « The Guimard Style » Pavilion at the Dwelling Exhibition : Grand Palais, Paris ; VIIth. Destroyed.
– 1903: Guimard is a founding member of the Autumn Salon Society and at the first one exhibits several watercolors.
– 1903-1905: The Jassedé Apartment House: 142 avenue de Versailles and 1 rue Lancret, Paris XVIth.
– 1903-1907: “The Surprise” Villa: 13 avenue des Dunes (today: avenue du Maréchal Foch), Cabourg, Calvados département.
– 1903 : Draft proposal for a « French Memory » monument.
– 1904: Beginning of January – Guimard presents decorative elements at the First Salon of Decorative Artists.
– 1904: Breach of the contract between the Paris Métro (underground/subway) Company and Guimard.
– 1904: Castel d’Orgeval: 2 avenue de la Mare-Tambour, Villemoisson-dur-Orge, Essonne département.
– 1904 : Draft proposal for the heightening of a small apartment house : 22 rue Chardon-Lagache, Paris XVIth.
– 1904: Guimard takes part in the Autumn Salon.
– 1904: Draft proposal for some country houses.
– 1904: Draft proposals for the Nozal offices: 9 quai de Passy, Paris XVIth.
– 1905 – 1907: Deron-Levent Townhouse: 8 villa de la Réunion, Paris XVIth. /Attention : Villa de la Réunion EXACT : CORRECTION A EFFECTUER DANS LE TEXTE FRANÇAIS ? MERCI /
– 1906 : Draft proposal for raising the Ledru Townhouse : 25 rue Erlanger, Paris XVIth.
– 1906: “April Rose” Villa (« Rose d’Avril »): avenue de la Pépinière, Morsang-sur-Orge, Essonne département. Destroyed.
– 1906 : « Moonlight Villa » (« Clair de Lune ») : 18 avenue du Muguet, Morsang-sur-Orge, Essonne département. Transformed.
– 1907 : Guimard takes part in the 3rd Salon of Decorative Artists.
– 1907: Guimard designs and produces the furniture and interior decoration of the Villa Desagnat: 5 bis avenue du Maréchal Foch, Saint Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine département. House destroyed and furniture scattered around 1980.
– 1907: Huin Store: Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed ( ?)
– 1907 : Grunwaldt Chapel : Neuilly-sur-Seine Cemetery, Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine .département
– 1908 : In July, Guimard takes part in the Franco-British Exhibition at London.
– 1908: In November, Guimard exhibits art objects at the 4th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1909: Guimard undertakes a study tour in Germany and Austria.
– 1909: The White Chalet (Chalet Blanc): 2, rue du Lycée, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1909-1910 : Villa : 16 rue Jean Doyen, Eaubonne, Val d’Oise département.
– 1909 : On 17 February, Guimard marries Adeline Oppenheim, a painter from New York.
– 1909-1912 : The Guimard Townhouse : 122 avenue Mozart, Paris XVIth.
– 1909: In July, Guimard takes part in the French Exhibition of Decorative Art at Copenhagen.
– 1909-1910: The Trémois Apartment House: 11 rue François Millet, Paris XVIth.
– 1909 : Publication of a catalogue of cast-iron art objects with the Saint-Dizier Foundry.
– 1910-1911: A cluster of apartment houses: 17-19-21 rue La Fontaine, 43 rue Gros and 8-10 rue Agar, Paris XVIth.
– 1910: Guimard exhibits at the 5th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1910-1911: The Mezzara Townhouse: 60 rue de La Fontaine, Paris XVIth. Listed as an historical monument in 1975.
– 1910 : Guimard takes part in the First Official Exhibition of Students and Graduates of the Fine Arts School.
– 1910: Draft proposals for apartment houses: 148 quai d’Auteuil and 147 avenue de Versailles, Paris XVIth.
– 1911: Guimard exhibits drawings, photographs and furniture at the International Exhibition of Work-related Industries at Turin.
– 1911: Du 23 février au 26 mars, Guimard participe au 6ème Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs. Il présente des photographies de l’immeuble du 6 rue François-Millet (façade et intérieurs) ainsi que des éléments mobiliers et des bijoux.
– 1912: At the 7th Salon of.the Decorative Artists’ Society, Guimard exhibits photographs of the apartment house cluster on rue La Fontaine, rue Gros and rue Agar.
– 1912: Deron Levent burial monument: Auteuil Cemetery, Paris XVIth.
– 1913: Guimard again exhibits photos of the La Fontaine, Gros and Agar apartment houses at the 8th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1913: Hemsy Villa: 3 rue de Crillon, Saint-Cloud, HAuts-de-Seine département. Transformed.
– 1913 : Synagogue : 10 rue Pavée, Paris IVth.
– 1913 : Draft proposal for a townhouse : rue Jean-Daudin, Paris XVth.
– 1913: Guimard is selected to join the jury at the Autumn Salon.
– 1914: Nicolle-de-Montjoye townhouse: 7 rue Pierre-Ducreux (today rue René Bazin), Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1914-1920 : An office building : 10 rue de Bretagne, Paris IIIrd
– 1914 : Guimard exhibits at the 9th Salon of the Decorative Artists’ Society.
– 1914: Draft proposal for property development: rue Henri-Heine, rue Jasmin, rue Pierre-Ducreux and rue Robert-Turquan, Paris XVIth.
– 1920: Heightening of the Barthélémy Townhouse: 53 rue Ranelagh, Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1920: Commemorative monument: Michelet Highschool, Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine département.
– 1921 : Bastien Garage : 34 rue Robert-Turquan, Paris XVIth. Destroyed.
– 1921 : Commemorative monument : Montiers-sur-Saulx, Meuse département. Destroyed in 1974.
– 1921-1922 : Standardized town house : 3 square Jasmin, Paris XVIth.
– 1922: Albert Aldès burial monument. Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris XIVth.
– 1923: Guimard is named Vice-President of the Group of Modern Architects in preparation for the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.
– 1925: A “French Village Town Hall” for the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Destroyed.
– 1925: A tomb for “A French Village Cemetery” at the same Exhibition. Destroyed.
– 1925: Guimard exhibits at the Exhibition of Renovators of Applied Arts from 1890 to 1910.
– 1926: Takes part in an exhibition of French architecture in New York.
– 1926: The Guimard Apartment House: 18 rue Henri-Heine, Paris XVIth.
– 1926-1927: Houyvet apartment house: 2 villa Flore, Paris XVIth.
– 1927-1928: Buildings for rental apartments: 36 and 38 rue Greuze, Paris XVIth.
– 1929: Guimard is named Knight of the French Legion of Honor.
– 1929: Draft proposal for a monument commemorating the Marne Victory: Mondement, Marne département.
– 1930: Draft proposal for museums.
– 1930: Hector and Adeline Guimard move into the Guimard Apartment House at 18 rue Henri Heine (see under 1926 above).
– 1930: “La Guimardière” villa: rue Le Nôtre, Vaucresson,Hauts-de-Seine département. Destroyed.
– 1933 : Guimard takes part in the exhibition on « The Decoration of Life During the Third Republic from 1870 to 1900” at the Marsan Pavilion (Louvre, Paris Ist).
– 1937: He is a jury member for the “Architecture” category at the “Decoration of Life from 1900 to 1925”, exhibition” at the Marsan Pavilion (Louvre, Paris Ist).
– 1938: The Guimards leave France by ship for the United States, and settle at Adams Hotel in New York.
– 1942: On 20 May, Guimard dies in New York.
This text was written by Hector Guimard for Architectural Record, vol. XII, n° 2, 1902. It was published in english.
THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD has done me the honor of asking me to define « l’Art Nouveau. » It is difficult, at a time of transition—I might almost add, of trouble and commotion—to state exactly what would be the best solution of a given problem; but it may be said that the close of the nineteenth century witnessed the beginnings of a general evolution which is destined some day to give tangible and permanent results, and art has shared in this movement. During the past twenty years or so, various attempts at modern art have been made, in a more or less timid way; and these attempts have been based on the interpretation of the elements of the flower. I will cite, in this connection: in France, Rubrick Robert and the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs de Paris; in England, Ruskin, Walter Crane and Morris; and in Belgium, Victor Horta. In the lastnamed country the decorative base is no longer the leaf and the flower, but simply the stem.
Returning to a sound logical view of the matter, and abandoning the ostracism of all the classical schools, it is my belief that, by studying the principles of art which have guided artists from the very earliest period down to the present day, it is possible to make a selection, and that if we will take the trouble to find out how our predecessors managed to discover them, we can by applying the same method to the conditions prevailing in our own times, deduce therefrom the proper modern rules. In spite of the profusion of old examples, it cannot be denied that there exists something else, and this « something else » should be the main object of the researches of those who want to work for their epoch. It is upon us architects that falls more particularly the duty of determining, by our art, not only the artistic, but also the civilizing and scientific evolution of our time.
Nature is a big book from which we can draw inspiration, and it is in that book that we must look for principles, which, when found, have to be defined and applied by the human mind according to human needs. From this study I obtain three principles which should have a predominating influence in all architectural productions, viz:
I. Logic, which consists in taking into account all the conditions of the case, and they are infinite in variety and number, which the architect has to deal with.
2. Harmony, which means putting the constructions into full accord, not only with the requirements to be met and the funds available, but also with the surroundings.
3. Sentiment, which, partaking at the same time of logic and harmony, is the complement of both, and leads by emotion, to the highest expression of the art.
These are the principles which I have desired to exemplify in all my edifices, and particularly in the Castel Beranger, the Humbert de Romans Hall, and the stations of the Paris Metropolitan Railroad. It is these works, together with those of such men as Victor Horta and Van de Velde, which have inspired (chiefly in Germany, Austria and France) those productions described by the term « Art Nouveau. » Unfortunately, I cannot say that all these productions illustrate the three principles which I have just laid down. For the most part they infringe them, for that undefinable thing called taste, which makes us like a chair, a clock,
a vase or a jewel; taste, which is the embodiment of esprit, charm, emotion, life, whether in cloth or metal, an article for use or an ornament, is a quality which is lacking in the greater number, of those who believe themselves to be modern creators, who in reality plagiarize more or less a motive made to ornament a necessary structure.
Every great epoch has had a stylization of art. It is thus that all the styles which have preceded us came into existence, and it cannot be disputed that we are witnessing at present the creation of a style; but individual influences cannot have a universal effect. A style of architecture; in order to be true, must be the product of the soil where it exists and of the period which needs it. The principles of the middle ages and those of the nineteenth century, added to my doctrine, should supply us with a foundation for a French Renaissance and an entirely new style. Let the Belgians, the Germans and the English evolve for themselves a
national art, and assuredly in so doing they will perform a true, sound and useful work.
Although it may be a daring thing for me to speak of the Americans, who are so generously extending to me their hospitality in your review, I will venture to say that my American confrères have been, and are still, in the most favorable position for reating an « Art Nouveau. » I am sorry that they have not thought proper to strive after a national art, evolved from their own temperament; that is, an art produced on the spot and instinct with the life of that spot. The artist does not create his environment; he is the product thereof. When I see your monuments and your architecture, I think I am again looking at that of the houses and monuments of Paris, of Berlin, or of Italy, so utter is the lack of all special mark of the soil.
Seeing that the « Art Nouveau » is now crossing the Atlantic to your shores, I hope that my American confrères will not rest content to be mere copyists, but will be creators, and it is my belief that the principles by which I am guided in producing French architecture would enable them just as easily to create an American art, a thing which your leading fellow countrymen ardently wish to see.
Hector Guimard.
Architectural Record, vol. XII, n° 2, 1902