Alphonse Mucha Amethyst

September 28, 2014 | Art Gallery

Alphonse Mucha: Amethyst/ L’Amethyste (1900)

A beautiful Art Nouveau Lady. Alfons Maria Mucha, often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. Mucha’s work has continued to experience periodic revivals of interest for illustrators and artists. Interest in Mucha’s distinctive style experienced a strong revival during the 1960s (with a general interest in Art Nouveau) and is particularly evident in the psychedelic posters of Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, the collective name for British artists Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, and Bob Masse.

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Gustav Klimt Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer

September 17, 2014 | Art Gallery

Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907)

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a 1907 painting by Gustav Klimt. The first of two portraits Klimt painted of Bloch-Bauer, it has been referred to as the final and most fully representative work of his golden phase. This painting, which took three years to complete, was commissioned by the wealthy industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, who made his money in the sugar industry. Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer favored the arts, especially Klimt, and commissioned him to complete another portrait of his wife Adele in 1912. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only person to be painted twice by Klimt.

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Walter Crane Swan Rush And Iris

August 23, 2014 | Art Gallery

Walter Crane Swan, Rush And Iris (1875)

This is one of Walter Crane’s earliest designs for wallpaper. Flowers and animals were the most common decorative elements of The Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Alphonse Mucha La Plume Zodiac

August 17, 2014 | Art Gallery

Alphonse Mucha – Zodiac ~ La Plume (1896)

A beautiful Art Nouveau Lady. Alphonse Mucha’s famous Art Nouveau poster “Zodiac,” also known as “La Plume.”was designed in 1896 as a calendar printed by F. Champenois, Paris. Shortly thereafter, the popular French Magazine “La Plume” purchased the rights to distribute it as the magazine’s calendar for 1897. The image was widely popular, and it became synonymous with the magazine.

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Gustav Klimt The Tree Of Life

July 28, 2014 | Art Gallery

Gustav Klimt The Tree Of Life (1909)

The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze (French: L’Arbre de Vie, Stoclet Frieze) is a painting by Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was completed in 1909 and is based on the Art Nouveau (Modern) style in a symbolic painting genre. It is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. The painting is a study for a series of three mosaics created by Klimt for a 1905-1911 commissioned work at the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, Belgium.The mosaics were created in the artist’s Late Works period, and depicts the Tree of Life with swirling branches, a standing female figure and an embracing couple. The mosaics are spread across three walls of the Palais’ dining room, along with two figural sections set opposite each other.