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Henry Clemens van de Velde was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist.

Belgian architect and artist Henry van de Velde was one of the founders of the Belgian branch of the Art Nouveau style.

Van de Velde is the most international artist of the Art Nouveau movement and one of the major.

The architect, designer, painter and theoretician Henry Clement van de Velde was born in Antwerp in as second-youngest son of a pharmacist.