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Swathes of purple, orange and yellow find their way back to the walls of a municipal auditorium in northern Italy.
the Dutch rejected the modern in favour of a romanticised idea of what Jan de Bruijn, curator of an exhibition dedicated to Dutch Art Nouveau at The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, calls the ...
This movement — the sweeping lines, rich patterning and swirling ornamentation — became an instantly recognizable element of ...
Since they believed they were creating everything anew, their style is best known today as Art Nouveau, French for "new art." In April, London's Victoria and Albert Museum opened the largest ...
Art Nouveau had until then been the province of ... to the development of this style included Victor Horta, Henry Van de Velde, Antoni Gaudí, Hector Guimard, Otto Wagner, and Charles Rennie ...
Gustav Klimt’s “Woman Facing Left” is a loose, gestural drawing of a profile that hints at the vine-like lines of Art Nouveau. “Théâtre de Loie Fuller, Exposition Universelle,” ca.
inspiring Belgian architects and designers like Paul Hankar and Henry van de Velde. Art Nouveau houses sprang up all over Brussels. It wasn’t only the exteriors of these buildings that were ...
“If you say Art Nouveau to a general member of the public ... by Paul Baudouin — a disciple of Symbolist painter Puvis de Chavannes — to the bas-relief stone panels by the sculptor Victor ...
Art Nouveau master Henry Van de Velde's works on exhibit in Abu Dhabi. Many artists favour either the aesthetically pleasing or the utilitarian. Once in a while you will come across one who brings ...