First book ever written on Maurice Frison, Victor Horta, published in three languages, Dutch, French, and English, launching in September 2019 with a historic compilation of the story of the house with all its original contents, making this Sleeping Beauty living museum alive.
The top 10 Art Nouveau architectures of Victor Horta in Brussels. After enlightening the readers with a brief history of Horta the article lists down the top ten Victor Horta sites to visit for the tourists, who love to explore the 19th century craftsmanship. It is no surprise that Nupur Tron’s Foundation Frison Horta made into this list and as the second mansion designed by Horta, in the city of Brussels, this museum is something which every art enthusiast should visit. The article talks about the natural lighting and the acoustics of the house as the stairways, the frescos and the murals definitely act as a major attraction to the visitors. Whilst the 19th century furniture and the paintings capture the imagination of the public it is the bravura winter garden which is as majestic as the architect himself.
On June 28-29, the Summer Peace Summit took place in Living Tomorrow Vilvoorde/Brussels and women leaders from 15 different countries were invited to share their views on preservation and development of peace. This nascent project, known as the Peace 50 (P50) Community, invited Nupur Tron as one of the prominent speakers alongside the likes of Her Royal Highness Princess Léa of Belgium, Gülden Türktan (Turkey), Founder and the First Chair of W20, Joynicole Martinez (the USA), Chief Executive Officer of The Alchemist Agency, among many other inspiring women.
In her speech Nupur Tron talked about restoration, preservation, and sharing cultural diplomacy integrating cross-cultural connections through her Foundation Frison Horta as cultural institutions play a critical role in the overall development of trade and prosperity.
The article narrates a fascinating story of how Boucheron’s interpreted and understood the DNA of Jodhpur and implicated in their capsule collection, made-to-measure pieces, that was commissioned and curated by Nupur Tron. The project of over three years re-discovered the beauty and essence of Jodhpur and then subsequently transforming it into the fascinating designs. Nupur carefully explained how the city has influenced her designs. Under the high-patronage of Maharaja of Jodpur Gaj Singh II Nupur and her team of Boucheron spent a considerable amount of time studying the city and effectively transforming the living art of Jodhpur into the jewelries. The article also highlights Nupur’s favorite design comprising of diamond, sapphire, and marble-an odd combination which was made possible with the tireless work of the Boucheron team bringing Jodhpur in the heart of Paris. The project was followed by a visit of 20 international press journalists coming from all around the world to experience and understand how the DNA of Jodhpur was carefully implicated in the high end design form of haute jewelry.
The fascinating and a captivating article on “Point De Vue Hors Serie” articulately demonstrates some of Nupur Tron Chowdhry’s best works in haute jewelry deign. The poetry and the passion of Nupur’s work is well described in the article as it reveals the explicit details of few of the major designs that Nupur has worked on, in her second home Paris. The story touches an emotional chord as Nupur talks about her grandmother and how she inspired her in art and life. During the interview Nupur also talks about the tradition and history of Indian jewelers and how their style and design also has motivated her to become an haute jewelry designer. The article reveals a very personal side of Nupur Tron.
The article sheds light upon the glorious background of Nupur Tron Chowdhry, the Indian woman who successfully renovated and restored a 19th century Victor Horta architecture in the heart of Sablon region, the only Horta house and the second house in the city center of Brussels. Coming from a rich Indian background with a Rajput father and a Bengali mother from Calcutta, Nupur got a taste of art and heritage from a very early age. In some beautiful and ornate words the article describes how Nupur Tron fell in love with this mansion, which was made for Maurice Frison, and what a commendable job she did in order to restore this Belgium monument back to its original beauty of 1894. From the entrance hall to the staircases and the ramps, from the murals to the large bay window it now appears that Nupur has successfully rekindled the sleeping beauty of this national heritage of Belgium.
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This article published in “Point De Vue” touches the emotional journey of Nupur Tron as she discovered a true Horta treasure in its ruins, in the heart of the Sablon district of Brussels, and without any hesitation she took over this huge mansion in order to renovate, preserve, and share this true Art Nouveau heritage of Brussels. Victor Horta was the founder of Art Nouveau in Belgium and thus this discovery made by Nupur unveiled a real piece of Belgian history which was hidden under the dusts for almost a century. Designed by architect Victor Horta and built by the best craftsmen of the time this mansion is a real time capsule which Nupur Tron has successfully renovated in its original form. The 1200 square meter architecture is spread across 8 levels and the article successfully narrates the story of how Nupur Tron saved this architecture from dispersing and disappearing from complete negligence for over a century, thereby making it a real reincarnation a renaissance of the Sleeping Beauty of Brussels.
In a segment under “Let’s Talk Art, India”, Publication of Academy of Art University in San Francisco, December issue of the year 2017 Nupur Tron talks about 19th century art of portraiture and how it captured the imagination of the aristocrats before the advent of the photography. She discusses how the practice gained much prominence amongst the Royals of India and that is the reason why we see so many full-size portraits of the monarchs of India. However, Nupur also rightly points out to the fact that we see fewer portraits of the Queens when compared to the Kings, mostly due to the fact that the Queens of India practiced a life of seclusion. In this regard she points out the importance of the Maharani Exposition and how the women of India were emancipated and quite advanced at the time, which captures beautifully and effortlessly in the photographs taken by none other than Henri Cartier Bresson.
The interview then puts its focus back on Art Nouveau architecture and how Nupur has worked tirelessly to redo the winter garden and the frescos and also restored the various murals and furniture of the 19th century mansion, bringing back the time capsule of Victor Horta alive. The interview then further explores Nupur Tron’s vision of the museum and consequently her own foundation. In this section of the interview Nupur explains how she aims to restore the pre-existing cultural connection between the East and the West, which was once initiated through the Silk Route thereby bringing back the stories of the bygone era stitching back the two cultures of India and Europe.
This article narrates the story of an evening of Nupur Tron, the ambassador of culture and arts at the French-Indian Chamber of Commerce in Paris as she hosted a sit-down dinner for the international guests at her home. The event called “The Art of Table” offered a gastronomical treat and one of the finest as per Nupur Tron. The event was backed by the partners like Christoffle, Baccarat, Pierre, Frey, Diptyque, Moet & Chandon. The guest list included few of the most prominent artists, musicians, Hollywood filmmakers and diplomats from all over the globe. During the event Nupur talked about Indian food and how she has maintained real clay tandoor from India, at her home, with which makes scrumptious traditional tandoori delights.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction and this phrase couldn’t have been more aptly stated than in the story of an old Victor Horta mansion which was literally rescued by an Indian Nupur Tron. The article on La Libre salutes the passion and work put in by the jewelry designer and the cultural ambassador, Nupur Tron, and rightly so. The mansion was left empty, in the middle of Rue Lebeau, in the city of Brussels, accumulating dusts, hidden from the public eye when Nupur came in and woken it up from an eternal slumber. The renovations of course took some time and effort but anybody who is visiting the place cannot argue the fact that Nupur has done a tremendous job in preserving the essence of the building and restoring the structure as it was back in the 19th century.
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