Hector Guimard entre deux siècles

Hector Guimard between two centuries, Claude Frontisi. All his life, the architect Hector Guimard looked to what was new : in shapes, materials, and ordering. While participating in the newest thinking of his time about architecture, he remained an artisan. Art is in everything, he said, and he designed both furniture and urban equipment. His was also the art of a wealthy elite which, in spite of its wide presence, was not able to impose itself on its time. Now that we are rediscovering its modernity, Guimard has entered the Musée d'Orsay.Frontisi Claude. Hector Guimard entre deux siècles. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°17, janvier-mars 1988. pp. 51-62