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Victor Bourgeois | |
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![]() Bust (vandalized) of Victor Bourgeois in Parc Astrid in Charleroi, work by Frans Lambrechts.[1] | |
Born | |
Died | 24 July 1962 | (aged 64)
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | architect, urban planner |
Victor Bourgeois (29 August 1897 – 24 July 1962) was a Belgian architect and urban planner, considered the greatest Belgian modernist architect.
Bourgeois was born in Charleroi and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1914 through 1918, and was mentored by Henry van de Velde. Together with his brother Pierre Bourgeois, he founded several magazines, including 7 Arts (1922–1928).
In 1927 Bourgeois became the only Belgian invited to design a house for the Weissenhof Estate exhibition in Stuttgart, and the following year Bourgeois was a delegate to the first meeting of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne and a founding member of that organization.
He died on 24 July 1962 in Ixelles.