Lucien Weissenburger
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Lucien Weissenburger was a French
architect. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau
style in Lorraine
and a member of the board of directors of the École de Nancy
.
Some of Weissenburger's principal buildings include:
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
architect. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
style in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
and a member of the board of directors of the École de Nancy
École de Nancy
École de Nancy or The Nancy School was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau in France whose inspiration was essentially in plant form and animals...
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Some of Weissenburger's principal buildings include:
- Magasins Réunis (1890–1907; destroyed), Nancy
- Villa Jika, also known as the Villa Majorelle (1898–1902, in collaboration with Henri SauvageHenri SauvageHenri Sauvage was a French architectural designer.Sauvage was born in Rouen, France. After studying at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Jean-Louis Pascal, he opened a wallpaper shop in Paris for which he got orders from Hector Guimard and Louis Majorelle, he then...
), Nancy - Imprimerie Royer (1899–1900), Nancy
- Maison Bergeret (1903-4), Nancy
- Villa Corbin (1904-9), Nancy (now the grounds of the Musée de l'École de NancyMusée de l'École de NancyThe Musée de l'École de Nancy is a museum devoted to the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau movement founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine...
) - Immeuble Weissenburger (1904-6), Nancy
- Villa Henri-Emmanuel Lang (1906), Nancy
- Maison Chardot (1907), Nancy
- Theater of LunévilleLunévilleLunéville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department and lies on the Meurthe River.-History:...
(1908) - Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France (1909), Nancy:
- Maison des Magasins Réunis
- Pavillon du Gaz [Gas Pavilion]
- Brasserie Excelsior and Hotel Angleterre (1911), Nancy
- Magasins Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Cie (1913), Nancy
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