Art Nouveau Advertising Posters

Paris entered a golden age of poster art.

Art nouveau advertising posters. The streets turned into veritable open air art exhibitions. More than just a follower of this elaborate style though mucha needs to be viewed as a pioneer in the history of advertising having mastered and in many cases introduced concepts and. Is an international style of art architecture and applied art especially the decorative arts known in different languages by different names. The son a family of artisans he apprenticed with a lithographer and also studied at the école nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs finding little work in paris he went to london and designed furniture for a time.

In today s art nouveau season guest post francesc quílez curator of prints and drawings at the museu nacional d art de catalunya describes how commercial artists at the turn of the 20th century adopted modernisme art nouveau to create vibrant advertising images. Poster advertising moet and chandon dry imperial champagne 1899 alphonse mucha. Aug 12 2020 advertising posters and magazine covers from the 1880s 1930ish. At the turn of the 20th century a public fascination with machines and modern transport linked to concepts of.

The latter half of the 19th century saw an explosion in print media. Jugendstil in german stile liberty in italian modernismo catalán in spanish etc. While the work s muted pastel palette was in marked contrast to the bolder color schemes prevalent in poster art of the time it was the extremely narrow life size composition of mucha s design that was truly groundbreaking. See more ideas about advertising poster vintage magazines art.

More objects can be found on our portal www europeana eu. Choose from thousands of designs or create your own today. Aug 3 2017 on this board we highlight print and drawings related to the famous art movement art nouveau c 1890 c 1910. In english it is also known as the modern style british art nouveau style.

The artist designer jules chéret 1835 1932 was a notable early creator of french art nouveau posters. Customizable art nouveau paintings posters prints from zazzle. Art nouveau ˌ ɑː r t n uː ˈ v oʊ ˌ ɑː r. He helped turn the advertising poster into an art form.

Novels illustrated journals caricatures collectable prints luxury books and advertising. Yet nothing like mucha s design had been seen before. Alphonse mucha is a name that is synonymous with art nouveau a sumptuous design movement from the turn of the 19th century that emphasized a return to nature in the wake of the industrial revolution.