Hector Guimard Architect, designer

From Lyon to New york Hector Guimard was born in Lyon on March 10th 1867 and died in New York on May 20th, 1942.

Art Nouveau. He was an architect, who is now the best-known representative of the French Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

STUDIES In 1885 Guimard began studying at the École Nationale et Speciale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was then admitted to the first year at École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Later, in 1890, he was awarded a silver metal for "modelled ornament" at Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Harmony and continuity He developped his own form of Art Nouveau, especially devoted to the ideal of harmony and continuity. He designed the buildings and lettering of the station entrances of the Paris Métropolitan :141 entrances created, 58 survived, including one moved to Montreal, plus four reproductions in Chicago, Lisbon, Mexico City, and Moscow)Paris Métropolitan :141 entrances created, 58 survived, including one moved to Montreal, plus four reproductions in Chicago, Lisbon, Mexico City, and Moscow)

Some of his work