Emiel Van Averbeke
*10. 7. 1876 – Antwerp, Belgium
†1. 2. 1946 – Antwerp, Belgium
Biography
Emilius (Émile) Leo Josephus Van Averbeke was a Belgian architect and graphic designer who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp from 1888 to 1894, where he studied under Emile Thielens and subsequently worked in his office from 1892 to 1899. Initially, he was a proponent of exuberant Art Nouveau, later leaning towards a more geometric style of Art Nouveau, in the 1920s to Art Deco, and ultimately in the following decade to a heavily reduced modernist architecture. Together with Belgian architect Jan Van Asperen, he designed the Antwerp contribution in the Art Nouveau style for the Milan International Exhibition in 1906.
Emilius (Émile) Leo Josephus Van Averbeke was a Belgian architect and graphic designer who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp from 1888 to 1894, where he studied under Emile Thielens and subsequently worked in his office from 1892 to 1899. Initially, he was a proponent of exuberant Art Nouveau, later leaning towards a more geometric style of Art Nouveau, in the 1920s to Art Deco, and ultimately in the following decade to a heavily reduced modernist architecture. Together with Belgian architect Jan Van Asperen, he designed the Antwerp contribution in the Art Nouveau style for the Milan International Exhibition in 1906.
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