Art Nouveau Animal Decorative Designs

In a previous edition of delsc, Art Nouveau decorative designs of mainly a floral nature were presented to the reader. This current supplemental edition focuses on fauna and extends the CTG survey of Art Nouveau to some artists that have yet to appear in any of the publications. This current publication also includes a few quotes from Eugène Grasset and M.P. Verneuil including the following:

“But besides flora, fauna can vary our documentation and perhaps we do not employ it enough. Is it because it is more difficult to encounter? The illustration is more difficult, the construction more delicate and perhaps the ornamentation is more laborious but what a resource for our works.”
As translated by CTG Publishing from the French text by M.P. Verneuil from Art & décoration. v.19 1906.

You can access a digital copy of this edition from amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. A print copy of this edition can be obtained from magcloud.com.

The subjects covered in the edition include ocean, fish, bird, bug, butterfly and reptile designs by leading Art Nouveau decorative artists such as:

• H. Bellery-Desfontaines (1867 to 1909)
• Édouard Bénédictus (1878 to 1930)
• Maurice Dufrène (1876 to 1955)
• Eugène Grasset (1844 to 1917)
• René Lalique (1860 to 1945)
• Alfons Mucha (1860 to 1939)
• M. P. Verneuil (1869 to 1942)
• Henri Vever (1854 to 1942)