Art Nouveau (Late 19th / Early 20th Centuries)

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Description of Art Nouveau
Examples of Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau Artists - 11
Auction Houses - 445

Art Nouveau
Decorative style of the late 19th century and the early 20th that flourished principally in Europe and the USA. Although it influenced painting and sculpture, its chief manifestations were in architecture and the decorative and graphic arts, the aspects on which this survey concentrates. It is characterized by sinuous, asymmetrical lines based on organic forms; in a broader sense it encompasses the geometrical and more abstract patterns and rhythms that were evolved as part of ... (view more)

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Examples of Art Nouveau at Auction

Artists Associated with Art Nouveau — 11 artists:

Edmond Aman-Jean Aubrey Beardsley Georges de Feure Gustav Klimt Lucien Levy-Dhurmer Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Aristide Maillol Alphonse Maria Mucha Giovanni Segantini Theophile Alexandre Steinlen Louis Comfort Tiffany

Auction Houses that have sold Art Nouveau works - 445

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