Art nouveau designs were based on nature. A close look at this table, which sold for $2,750 at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, ...

Art nouveau designs were based on nature. A close look at this table, which sold for $2,750 at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, shows that the side supports literally branch out at the top, where they meet ...

Emile-Allain Séguy was enamored with the overlooked wonders of the natural world. Namely, its insects, from the brilliant wings of butterflies to the less-loved forms of beetles, grasshoppers, ...

The Art Nouveau Dacha reprints a remarkable architectural pattern book from 1917 St Petersburg, which records the astounding variety of styles and levels of sophistication achieved by the traditional ...

Art lovers may remember that 7 years ago the Dayton Art Institute hosted an exhibit focused on the style of decorative art known as Art Nouveau and one of its most popular artists, Alphonse Mucha.

Art nouveau could be said to be the first 20th century modern style. It was the first style to stop looking backwards in history for ideas, taking inspiration instead from what it saw around it, in ...

"The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art" Credit: Brian Chilson Like a renegade plant sprouting through cracks in the concrete, Art Nouveau blossomed in Europe and the U.S.