Gaetano Previati, la danza delle ore – Richard Riemerschmid, Wolkengespenster

February 7, 2011

Gaetano Previati, la danza delle ore Richard Riemerschmid, Wolkengespenster, 1897 see also: http://cartesensibili.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/raffaella-terribile-previatila-danza-delle-ore/ 

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Carlo Mollino (Torino, 6 maggio 1905 – Torino, 27 agosto 1973): Art Nouveau revival in sinuous lines and femme fatale

February 7, 2011

Polaroids   The ecccntric and highly-talcnted Italian designer from Turin, Carlo Mollino, shared this fascination with the sculptural form of the Catalan architecťs furniturc designs, and paid homage to him wirh the ‘Gaudí’ chair of 1949. Consciously referring to the heighr of Art Nouveau sophistication, Mollino’s furniture, produced almost exclusively for commissioned interiors, was designed [...]

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Portois & Fix building by Max Fabiani( 29. 4. 1865 Kobdil (HR), † 12. 8. 1962 Görz (SLO))

January 26, 2011

  The Portois and Fix Company Store in Ungargasse 59-61 built between 1899 and 1901 according to plans by Max Fabiani. It is his earliest work, under the  influence of Otto Wagner and created a cordingly to the secessionists new way, having residential and commercial scope in the same building. The facade of the main [...]

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Budapest Kerepesi temető (Kerepesi Cemetery): an open air Art Nouveau museum

January 24, 2011
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Julius Maier-Graefe, “ORNEMENT FLORAL, ORNEMENT LINÉAIRE”, L’ART DÉCORATIF, Septembre 1899

January 16, 2011

On peut dire, — et c’est un bonheur — que les théories, qui. conduisirent la peinture et la sculpture à trop sou­vent se transformer en une vaine littérature au lieu de se contenter d’être une joie de fa vie, n’ont pas eu de prise sur l’art appliqué; ou du moins, qu’elles n’ont pas sur lui [...]

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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale [English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1871-1945]

January 14, 2011

The Little Foot Page, 1905 – AND – The Wise and Foolish Virgins The Uninvited Guest,1906    

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Arthur Severn (British, 1842-1931), illustrations for Marie Corelli’s “The Devil’s Motor”, 1910

January 13, 2011

 

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Manuel Orazi (1860-1934)

January 13, 2011

There are very limited biographical information on this artist of Italian origin, which already between 1883 c 1884 is notable for the covers of sheet music editions designed Ricordi Editions. His work as a newspaper illustrator was widely-held in France. Job Sigarette poster Poster for La Maison Moderne (S. Bing) In 1896 participates in the [...]

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Robert Auer (1873–1952)

January 11, 2011

Unknown – AND – Tryptich Athena (1913)

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