Calendrier Magique is an occult calendar created by Austin de Croze and illustrated by Manuel Orazi. The booklet calendar was printed in France in 1895 and only had 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. It was meant to be a work of art rather than a real handbook for occult…
The advertisement poster for La Maison Moderne was created by Manuel Orazi in 1902. La Maison Moderne was founded by Julius Meyer-Graefe in 1898. La Maison Modern was a store that sold the latest decorative objects and furnishings in the Art Nouveau style. As an Art Nouveau artist that focused on ornamental and decorative…
He became a tenured professor in 1899, hoping to pass on innovative design ideas to a younger generation, Otto Wagner, who inspired him to appoint him. He was a very influential architect at the time, that same year he joined the separatists. Starting in 1900, He brought the Viennese style of design and innovation that…
As the son of a chemist in the city of Antwerp, Belgium, Henry Clemens Van de Velde was one of eight children. After passing the entrance exams, and against his parents wishes whom wanted him to follow in their footsteps with a middle-class career, he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts. It was here…
The Bloemenwerf house is in Uccle, a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. This beautiful home was designed by Henry Van de Velde as his first major piece, and venture into full architecture, although never trained in the field. After being strongly influenced by the British Arts and Crafts Movement, “art for the people, by the people”,…
As commissioned by the Grand Duke of Weimar, Henry Van de Velde grew his craft seminar to into what would be called the Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar. After leaving the school in 1914, he suggested a gentleman by the name of Walter Gropius, who later combined the Arts and Crafts…
The artist I have chosen to do for Who’s Who in Graphic Design is Aubrey Beardsley. Aubrey Beardsley was the son of Vincent Beardsley and Ellen Agnus. He was born on August 21st in 1872 in Brighton, England. His family was middle and upper class origins although his dad lost all of his fortunes when…
My first impression of this book was one of fascination and respect. I was very aware of how I picked it up and turned its pages, because its age compelled me to handle it with extreme care. However, I was surprised to see that it was published in 1909, because it didn’t have the worn…
I was drawn to William Morris’s iteration of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer primarily due to my love for the Canterbury Tales and the usage of his inventive and entertaining Middle English. While this version of the text was published in 1896, the version I examined was a 1958 facsimile (exact copy). That being said,…
Penfield, Edward, and Pollard, Percival. Posters in miniature. New York: R.H. Russell (1896), pg 240. The American designer William H. Bradley is one of the most influential designers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Regarded as the “American Aubrey Beardsley,” Bradley left behind a legacy of incorporating many styles into design due…
Mellby, Julie. “The Twins.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, 3 Oct. 2011. The name William H. Bradley is now synonymous with American Art Nouveau. It was through his work on advertizing posters for the magazine The Chap Book that Bradley refined his style, and made his name known. In order to advertise…
Will Bradley: His Graphic Art: a Collection of His Posters, Illustrations, Typographic Designs & Decorations. Dover Publications, 1974. p.17. William H. Bradley was one of the first American designers to employ the principles and style of Art Nouveau in his work (Flinchum). Though many of his earliest works included poster and magazine cover design,…
Otto Eckmann Fox Tile 1899 Before this image, I had a bit of difficulty looking for the similarities between Art Nouveau and Japanese tapestries, but, however, with this tile created for houses, I can see the inspiration far more clearly. This piece makes me think that the art nouveau period was a total…
Otto Eckmann Five Swans Tapestry 1897 In this piece, I was struck by the clear intersection of Medieval and Japanese aesthetic, combined intentionally by Eckmann. In Germany specifically, Jugendstil was predominantly formed from Japanese folk art/calligraphic forms and Medieval European art/lettering. Design principles are really being explored in this particular tapestry, just proving how sophisticated…
Otto Eckmann The Weekly magazine Jugend No.14 1896 Otto Eckmann’s work with the Jugend magazine is what brought him the majority of his fame, so, naturally, one of his personally designed magazine covers would be important to explain. This was one of the earliest editions of the magazine that reeled in a popular…