The materialization of an architectural dream. Henry Van de Velde’s projects for the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller

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https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v013.n025.a01

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Henry van de Velde, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Kröller-Müller, museum, art

Abstract

Henry van de Velde is one of the most multifaceted architects in the history of architecture in the last century, both in terms of his work and the versatility of the strategies he employed throughout his career. The Belgian architect immersed to a multitude of artistic disciplines, allowing himself to be influenced by the ideas of William Morris’s Arts & Crafts, linking himself to the beginnings of Art Nouveau or becoming involved in the Deutscher Werkbund until 1914. The development of this multidisciplinary attitude, a symptom of his creative evolution, experienced one of its most intense episodes during his working relationship with the Kröller-Müller couple of modern art collectors in the Netherlands. This research unravels Henry van de Velde’s graphic and architectural legacy in the service of the Kröller-Müller family, from the first sketches in the 1920s to the execution of the museum in 1936-57. A true example of the realisation of an architectural dream.

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Author Biographies

Juan Carlos Valero-Cabo, Universidad de Valladolid

Juan Carlos Valero Cabo. Architect by the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Valladolid (2023). Author of the research paper entitled Kröller-Müller Museum: an architectural tour through De Hoge Veluwe Park (2021).

Iván Rincón-Borrego, Universidad de Valladolid

Arquitecto (2003). Doctor en Arquitectura por la Universidad de Valladolid - UVa (2010). Profesor Contratado Doctor de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la UVa donde imparte docencia de Historia de la Arquitectura del siglo XX y Diseño y Comunicación Visual desde el año 2005. Miembro del Grupo Reconocido de Investigación de Arquitectura y Cine de la Universidad de Valladolid (2005). Publicaciones: Interiores domésticos y urbanos. Fotograma 007 (2016); Espacios urbanos. Fotograma 008. (2016); Objetivo: la casa. Fotograma 009 (2016); Arquitectura de Cine (2017), do.co.mo.mo_Valladolid. Registro DOCOMOMO Ibérico, 1925-1975. Industria, vivienda y equipamientos (2018). Ha impartido docencia de diversas universidades nacionales e internacionales. Miembro del proyecto I+D+i Paisajes Audiovisuales en la Arquitectura de la Ciudad Media (REF. VA127G18) financiado por la Junta de Castilla y León, marco en el que se integra la presente comunicación.

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2024-01-31

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Valero-Cabo, J. C., & Rincón-Borrego, I. (2024). The materialization of an architectural dream. Henry Van de Velde’s projects for the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller. Estoa. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, 13(25), 11–32. https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v013.n025.a01

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Vol. 13 No. 25 (2024): Estoa 25 (January - June 2024)

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