Horta Museum, Brussels

Victor Horta (1861-1947) was, with Hector Guimard, the leading figure of art nouveau architecture. He designed his own house and studio in the Saint-Gilles area of Brussels in 1898, and lived and worked there for 20 years. Then, however, having himself moved on from the style for which he is chiefly remembered, Horta sold the property as two separate residences. They were used as such until 1961, …