Edmond De Vigne

Edmond De Vigne (* 1841 ; † 1918 ) was a Belgian architect of historicism , whose work represented typical varieties of eclecticism in Belgium and France .

biography

He was the son of Félix De Vigne and father of the sculptors Pierre and Paul De Vigne . Edmond De Vigne studied at the Ghent Academy before moving to Brussels .

De Vigne has worked on the revue L'Émulation since it was founded in 1878 .

Works

• Houses in the Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges quarter of Brussels (1874)
• An ensemble of houses in the “Rue du Hainaut” in Ghent in the Nederschelde district (1883), in collaboration with the engineer Edouard Zollikofer.
• Van Eyck bathing establishment, in the neo-renaissance style , in the Nederschelde district of Ghent (1886).
• The Typhonium , a neo-Egyptian style villa, in Wissant (1891), for the painter couple Adrien Demont and Virginie Demont-Breton .
• Théâtre royal Flamand, Renaissance style, Ghent (1897–1899), called the Grande Maison, renovated from 1987–1993. The mosaic of the tympanum (" Apollo and the Muses of Parnassus ") was designed by the Belgian artist Constant Montald (1862–1944).
• Command center of the “Compagnie mutuelle des tramways” in the “Rue du Marais” in Brussels (1898): demolished today.
• Château de Val Duchesse , in the classic style, in Auderghem (1903-1911).
• Ensemble of three houses with the numbers 6, 8 and 10 on "Avenue Palmerston" in Brussels (built in 1900, 1896 and 1895, demolished in 1960)

gallery

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  Typhonium in Wissant (1891)

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  Théâtre royal Flamand in Ghent (1897–1899)

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  Château de Val Duchesse in Auderghem (1903-1911)

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