INTERIOR Henry van de Velde
Jens Thiis, which was the museum's director from 1895 was a radical museum man and made sure to build a collection modern art from the century. His special interest in Art Nouveau direction, is the reason that the museum has a separate room, an office designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde in 1908. Henry van de Velde (1863-1957) was an innovator who broke completely with old style forms and office interiors are several of his furniture icons. The desktop is a good example of how he used curved lines to soften the furniture masculine character. The room stands today, after a restoration based on van de Velde original drawings, as a Gesamtkunstwerk, ie a total work of art in the designer's spirit.