samedi, mars 24, 2007

Walter Hempel, Japanese Woman, c. 1910

Drawing on cardboard, watercolour, 21 x 13,4 cm. Barlow/Widmann Collection, Spain.

Scanned and quoted from the book "Art Nouveau" by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.

jeudi, mars 22, 2007

Hans Christiansen, L'Heure du Berger, 1900s

Illustration originally from L'Estampe Moderne. Colour woodcut. 34,6 x 22,1 cm.

"In the Darmstadt Olbrich group Christiansen represented the style of the Viennese Secession, and was the ambassador of French Art Nouveau."

Scanned and quoted from the book "Art Nouveau" by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.

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mercredi, mars 21, 2007

Louis Legrand, "Faune Parisienne" 1918

mardi, mars 20, 2007

Eugène Lami, 1830


Eugène Lami, 1830., originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Illustration from the book by Honoré de Balzac, "Physiologie du Mariage."

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dimanche, mars 18, 2007

Exercise is Good for the Liver

1903 Yourself and Your House Beautiful, H.A. Guerber

Young Girls at Seaside 1879 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

René Lalique, Mermaid, 1897-98


René Lalique, Mermaid, 1897-98, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

René Lalique, diadem in the shape of a mermaid, 1897-98. Antique bronze, emeralds, sculpted opal.

Scanned from Gabriele Fahr-Becker's "Art Nouveau".

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