# Maison & Atelier Horta: façade [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HORTA, Victor]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of light, and the brilliant joining of the curved lines of decoration with the structure of the building. Horta's former house and workshop now houses a museum focusing on Horta's life and is among the few buildings by the architect that are open to the public. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/h/horta/horta.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=550,height=670'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">section</a> of Maison Horta. The house The house and studio are divided into 5 levels: a basement, a ground floor, the piano nobile \(or second level from the street\), and the first and second floors \(or third and fourth levels from the street. ## Related artworks - [Boiserie and furniture]() - [Chair]() - [Hôtel Solvay: doorbell]() - [Hôtel Solvay: entrance hall]() - [Hôtel Solvay: entrance]() - [Hôtel Solvay: façade]() - [Hôtel Solvay: interior]() - [Hôtel Solvay: interior]() - [Hôtel Solvay: staircase]() - [Hôtel Solvay: staircase]() - [Hôtel Solvay: staircase]() - [Hôtel Solvay: staircase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()