The House of Lucien
Weissenburg,
the architect of most
of the Art Nouveau
buildings in Nancy
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The Majorelle house is maybe the best known of the art nouveau houses in Nancy. |
Louis Majorelle, the owner (1859-1926) |
was a decorator and furniture designer of the Nancy School |
Another house in the neighbouring street |
The house of the printer Albert Bergeret, also by Lucien Weissenburg |
The house of the inspector of waters and forests Fernard Loppinet, by Charles-Désiré Bourgon |
The house of doctor Paul Jaques, by Paul Charbonnier |
The
house where general Drouot
of the French revolution lived
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The "Commanderie" of St John tower |
The Museum of the Nancy School of art nouveau architects, designers and painters |
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The museum building was owned by Eugéne Corbin, an entrepreneur and businessman who was also a big supporter of arts. It has a nice garden also - here and to the right we also see a tree in flowers |
The building was designed by Lucien Weissenburg and houses now the museum. It faces the Chopin middle school. |
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One of the bedrooms |
The
museum shows some nice
interieurs |
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The dining room ceiling (see to the left) depicts the five senses |
Another spectacular bedroom |
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There are also some parts of other buildings and decorative glass and other objects |
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The garden in the background |
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The garden of the museum houses a nice pavillon with stained glass windows |
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and a grave
memorial |