Art Lovers discussion

Ahhh, La Belle Epoque 1889-1914. Art, music and literature frolicked in the salons of Paris, Brussels, Vienna. Symbolism and Decadence were found together with Art Noveau it gives way. The Haute Bourgeoisie during the Fin-de-siecle. Composers Claude Debussy and Edvard Grieg and Richard Wagner.

I don't know if this is separate movement from the topics you posted. Maybe its not entirely separate from Modernism, or its a predecessor to Modernism, but I shall attempt to uncover and discover it here. And maybe I might get to post a work of Klimt (Hope II or The Kiss) or Lalique or Mucha or Gaudi or Loos or Obrist or Beardsley or Moser or Mackintosh or Toulouse-Lautrechere here.

There is also a nice CD entitled music, the salon & art nouveau

After all aren't both art & music synaesthetic? What is music without art? What is art without music?

Let's explore Jugendstil and Gesamkunstwerke.



And I'll try to get my hands on this book Art Nouveau by Gabriele Fahr-Becker to review it: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I...

Brussels, 1884. The term "art nouveau" appears in print for the first time, describing the Belgian artists' group "Les XX."

Art Nouveau. "A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonize with the natural environment."[Wikipedia]

Mackmurdo was a designer and worked in architecture, furniture, metal, textile,
Chair by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, born 1851 - died 1942 (designer) Collinson & Lock (probably, maker) London, England (probably, made) Victoria and Albert Museum

Wallpaper by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, born 1851 - died 1942 (designer)
Jeffrey (manufacturer)ca. 1884 (made)Colour woodblock print, on paper. England.


Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (12 December 1851 – 15 March 1942) Wren's City Churches. Bookcover Illustration. 1884.


Underlying eroticism ... Movement (1914) by Hermann Obrist. Photograph: Heinrich Helfenstein/Museum of Design Zurich.

Hermann Obrist, (1862-1927) Born Kilchberg Siwzerland. Worked in Munich, Germany, was known among art nouveau circles as the inventor of the "whiplash"; a sinuous flourish of hairpin curves inspired by cyclamen stems that became a standard motif of fin-de-siècle design. Though art history has come to categorise him as an embroiderer, this first UK exhibition of Obrist's work brings together the few surviving examples of his three-dimensional output.(The Guardian) Jugendstil was the Munich incarnation of the movement.


Cyclamen. Hermann Obrist. (Embroidery)

Otto Eckmann (1865-1902, Germany) also took to this movement in painting, design, illustration, and graphics.

Otto Eckmann, 1896? Germany. Illustration Weekly Magazine, Jugend.


"Shown at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, this tapestry of five swans floating down a meandering stream was one of the fair's best-received Art Nouveau designs. Created by Munich artist Otto Eckmann, it reflects the German strain of Art Nouveau called Jugendstil, or youth style. The name comes from the Munich-based magazine Die Jugend, meaning Youth, which promoted the new art movement."-Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen
[https://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/s...]


Henry van de Velde, Tropon, 1898. Poster.


"Jane Avril au Jardin de Paris" 1893.
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, (1864-1901) France. Colour lithograph. Height: 1305 mm, Width: 945 mm



Aubrey Beardsley. Great Britain. 1893. Cover illustration for the first issue of he Studio.



Aubrey Beardsley. Great Britain. 1893. The Peacock Skirt, 1894. Illustration for Oscar Wilde's Salome. The style of this series of illustrations shows his mastery of Japonisme.

Beardsley was nicknamed the Art Nouveau's enfant terrible He produced illustrations for Mallory's Morte d'Arthur a bawdy play called Lysistrata, it was too perverse and erotic for some. He died in 1898 at age 25.

Very nice. One of the iconic images of Parisian Art Nouveau is the Hector Guimart bouches de métro (metro entrances):



The BBC has a good documentary on "The Allure of Art Nouveau" in Paris (56 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PHHh...

Square Rapp - Jules Lavirotte - (1864-1928)
Art Nouveau - Paris

Book Portrait wrote: "Very nice. One of the iconic images of Parisian Art Nouveau is the Hector Guimart bouches de métro (metro entrances):



The BBC has a good documentary on "The Allure of Art Nouveau" in Paris (56 m..."

LOL. Bouches de Metro. Apparently since this Bouche de Metro did not have the Art Nouveau style, it was mistaken for "le garage."

le garage de stationnement (metro)

By itself this photo is almost a piece de art.

At work I'm looking into attending training event in either US or Paris with a work colleague. I hope that the latter is decided upon so maybe I could observe some artwork.

The Germans used the term "Jugendstil" for essentially the same style. The Dutch called it "Niewe Kunst". The Russians, confusingly, referred to it as "Modern...

Gary wrote: "Book Portrait wrote: "Very nice. One of the iconic images of Parisian Art Nouveau is the Hector Guimart bouches de métro (metro entrances):



The BBC has a good documentary on "The Allure of Art N..."



WOW!!

Gary wrote: "LOL. Bouches de Metro. Apparently since this Bouche de Metro did not have the Art Nouveau style, it was mistaken for "le garage."..."

Tee-Hee. That is one hungry bouche! :)

Thanks for the tip about the BBC Art Nouveau doc! Love learning about these...