Jugendstil
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Jugendstil was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 191
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Otto Eckmann Jugend Nr. 14, 1896
La maison de Peter Behrens
Armchair and aluminum bronze doors designed by Peter Behrens for his music room at Darmstadt
The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It was the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of
Jugendstil
…Austrians Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Gustav Klimt, and Koloman Moser, among others. In its earlier years, the style was influenced by the British Modern Style. It was also influenced by Japanese prints. Later, under the Secessionists' influence, it tended toward abstraction and more geometrical forms. From…
Poster by Frances MacDonald (1896)
Poster from 1896 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. It pays homage to Celtic tradition and Japanese design and its style and form were repeated numerous times by "The Four", with the earliest examples from 1885 at the latest. It would be replicated by the Vienna Secessionists.
Walter Crane (1874) cover for toybook
Liberty (department store) (1875)