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From place du Chatelain, it's a short stroll northwest up rue Simonis to rue Defacqz , the site of several charming Art Nouveau houses. Three were designed by Paul Hankar (1859-1901), a classically trained architect and contemporary of Horta, who developed a real penchant for sgraffiti - akin to frescoes - and multicoloured brickwork. Hankar was regarded as one of the most distinguished exponents of Art Nouveau and his old home, at no. 71 , is marked by its skeletal metalwork, handsome bay window and four sgraffiti beneath the cornice - one each for morning, afternoon, evening and night. Hankar designed his home in the early 1890s, making it one of the city's earliest Art Nouveau buildings. Number 50 is a Hankar creation too, built for another painter, Rene Janssens, in 1898, and noteworthy for its fanciful brickwork. Next door, at no. 48 , the house Hankar constructed for the Italian painter Albert Ciamberlani in 1897 sports a fine, flowing facade, decorated with sgraffiti representing the Ages of Man.
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