Posts Tagged ‘Eugene Grasset’

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…

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The Rise of Posters as Decorative Art

While researching the work of Eugene Grasset, I came across and interesting book authored by Arsene Alexandre titled The Modern Poster. The book was published in 1895 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Arsene Alexandre was an art critic and a fan of Eugene Grasset (the man and his art). How posters became collectible art is explained below.…

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