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Alphonse Hubert François Balat (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ybɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa bala]; 15 May 1818 – 16 September 1895) was a Belgian architect.
Around the same time he was taken on as an assistant by his professor Alphonse Balat, who was the architect to the Belgian king Léopold II. Horta was thrilled by this opportunity, as he had aspired to work with Balat for a long time.
- Belgian
- January 6, 1861
- Ghent, Belgium
- September 8, 1947
He moved to Brussels in 1881 and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of the Neoclassical architect Alphonse Balat. His first independent building, the four-storied Hôtel Tassel in Brussels (1892–93), was among the first Continental examples of Art Nouveau, although it incorporated Neo-Gothic and Neo-Rococo ...
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The Musée Magritte Museum (MMM) is located in the Altenloh Hotel, a neo-classical building designed in the 19th century by Alphonse Balat. The museum is dedicated to oeuvre, thought and life of Belgian surrealist painter Magritte.
Balat made a number of designs for the sumptuous reception rooms of the Royal Palace of Belgium such as the 'Throne Room', 'The Grand Staircase', and the 'Grande Galerie'. For this realisations he greatly followed the example of the French Royal residences.
Back in Brussels he collaborated with Alphonse Balat, architect of King Leopold II, with whom he designed the greenhouses of Laeken castle. He then moved on to designing period houses for wealthier clients in new and airy quarters of Brussels.
Nov 16, 2015 · Horta, like many other Art Nouveau artists, frequently utilized plant-like forms in his architectural designs. Some of his most representative designs include that of Hotel Tassel and Hotel Solvay.
