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          More in the first comment Art Nouveau Sideboard, part of a dining room ensemble, Designed by Belgian designer Gustave Serrurier-Bovy.!

          Gustave Serrurier-Bovy

          Belgian architect and furniture designer

          Gustave Serrurier-Bovy was a Belgianarchitect and designer (born in Liège 27th July 1858, died in Liège 19th November 1910).

          Bureau Art Nouveau De Gustave Serrurier Bovy.

        1. A pair of Gustave Serrurier-Bovy fruitwood side chairs.
        2. More in the first comment Art Nouveau Sideboard, part of a dining room ensemble, Designed by Belgian designer Gustave Serrurier-Bovy.
        3. Gustave Serrurier-Bovy Dining room cabinet, c.
        4. LONG-CASE CLOCK, Gustave Sale.

          5. With Paul Hankar, Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde, he was one of the leading Belgian representatives of Art Nouveau.

          Biography and main works

          Gustave Serrurier belonged through his father to a family traditionally engaged in construction.

          His grandfather was a mason, his father a building contractor. From 1871 to 1879, he was enrolled at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège where he studied drawing, archaeology and architecture. At the same time, from 1874 onwards, he contributed to his father's construction works.

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          Having qualified as an architect, he built several houses in Liège. Still a student, he took a critical attitude towards the education he had received at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. In contrast to this education, he subscribed to the theories of Eugène Vi