Toulouse-Lautrec
Alphonse Marie MuchaArt nouveau was an artistic movement in Europe and North America from 1890-1914 going out of style with the outbreak of WWI. Paris served as a central hub of the movement with its avant-guard societies and its hosting of the 1900 world fair. Other notable cities were Brussels, Glasgow, Vienna, Munich, Turin, New York City and Chicago. A result of the rapid industrialization and urbanization transforming the western world, Art nouveau can be characterized as a polarized mixture of old-world spirituality and modern technology. Metamorphosis and human interaction with nature are recurring themes in the movement, as the forward-thinking art world had been inundated with horticultural and biological information since Darwin's publications of the late 1800's. Some of the most important and influential artists of the Art Nouveau movement were: Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Otto Eckmann, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Hector Guimard. Personally, I love the work of another artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Alphonse Maria Mucha's work reminds me of nursury rhyme or horn book plates.
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nice. I actually am not sure that Toulousse Latrec would be considered Art Nouveau, but he definitely reminds me of it. Once you are done looking at the three art movements, I would like you to pick your favorite and do some more in-depth research for the movement. When you are ready, I would like you to find a chair, stool, table, or another piece of old furniture to paint in the style of the movement. You might want to go on a thrift store hunt if you don't have anything at home. You will need acrylic paint to do this. So in your research, look at a lot of artwork- not just paintings, but jewelry, wallpaper, furniture, etc. to really understand some of the repeated motifs/themes, etc. Should be fun.
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