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Art nouveau posters and prints
Art Nouveau is a French word meaning The New Art. It is an art movement, style of decoration and architecture that appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1894-1914) during the Belle Epoque. The name derives from the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in Paris, France in 1896, but the movement had different names throughout European countries. The Art Nouveau is characterized particularly by the curvilinear depiction of leaves and flowers, often in the form of vines. Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918), Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860-1939), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1861-1901), Aubrey Beardsley (English, 1872-1898), Antonio Gaudí (Spanish, 1852-1926), and Hector Guimard (French, 1867-1942) and much more.
A very famous and popular Art Nouveau decorative artist was Alphonse Mucha (1890-1939) in Paris at the turn of the century. His portraits features sensual women, from paintings, pastels photographs, Alphonse Mucha new how to capture his models. In 1894, he painted first poster of Sarah Bernhardt.
Agathon Léonard (French, 1841-1923) for Sèvres, Royal Porcelain Factory, Dancing Figure from the Table Centrepiece.
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Compagnie Française des Chocolate et des Thés, 1895, color Art Nouveau poster exposed at the Cleveland Museum of Art, OH.
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (French, 1859-1923), Chat Noir, color poster. This poster advertised an event at the Chat Noir, a Paris cabaret from 1881 to 1897. We can find this art nouveau poster pretty much everywhere now.
Tournée du Chat Noir by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Florio and Cinzano, 1930, by Leonetto Cappiello
If you are looking for Art Nouveau/vintage posters the internet is a great source of information and will provide great, beautiful posters at competitive prices, because advertising Art Nouveau posters are difficult to find in stores, the internet will be your best bet. Some stores have over 3,000 posters from small size to billboards you will probably find what you are looking for. Having Art Nouveau posters will add a tremendous original and elegant touch to your room. From sports, boats, food and drink and more collection, you will be able to choose from a very wide variety of Art Nouveau posters either online, store or another interesting way to buy poster is at an art fairs. Most major cities now have art fairs with dozens of dealers exhibiting artworks from different styles and qualities, so you may find that very special Fine art poster that you have been looking for so long; after all, the world is a big planet.
Many museum in the world have Art Nouveau paintings and a gift shop with reproductions/copies of the paintings they exposed, so you can buy it and have it framed to give it a more elegant and original look. It takes a good eye to appreciate art, and to excel in this art, why not buy Art Nouveau posters?
Art Vouveau Poster article by Anne Garrett for Poster Power
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