# Métro stations: Porte Dauphine \(detail of the entrance\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUIMARD, Hector]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Guimard's Métro entrances - fantastic shapes that are almost a metamorphosis of architecture and nature, ornamentation with a practical application - made him immortal and led to French Art Nouveau being at times called Style Métro. The letters of the stations and the famous "Metropolitan" were also invented by Guimard. ## Related artworks - [Castel Béranger: Art Nouveau window]() - [Castel Béranger: balcony decoration]() - [Castel Béranger: entrance gate]() - [Castel Béranger: entrance hall]() - [Castel Béranger: exterior view]() - [Hôtel Guimard: bedroom]() - [Hôtel Guimard: dining room]() - [Hôtel Guimard: exterior view]() - [Hôtel Guimard: studio of Madame Guimard]() - [Hôtel Mezzara: exterior view]() - [Hôtel Mezzara: interior]() - [Hôtel Mezzara: interior]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()