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Decorative Exhibition
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Cimetière de Bléré

Bléré

Hector Guimard's first Art Nouveau tomb is a quiet revelation in stone. The architect carved horizontal grooves into the monument to mimic the soft folds of a burial shroud, a radical departure from conventional sepulchral design.

Art Nouveau architecture
Historic cemetery
Guimard masterpiece
19th century design

Tips

🪦look for the shroud-like horizontal grooves
🎨Guimard's stylistic breakthrough after the Jassédé tomb
📍small cemetery in Bléré, Loire Valley

Cimetière de Bléré

37150 Bléré, France