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Art Nouveau: almost the opposite of Art Deco

 

Note: This lens was written by my fiancee.

 
Art Nouveau and Art Deco are in fact polar opposites of one another, which is amusing, because the two are often used interchangeably by confused people.  The Art Nouveau style actually preceeded Art Deco.  Art Nouveau was characterised by flowing, organic forms that were often depicted by nature and floral motifs. 

The movement itself focused on beauty and embellishment.  Rather than completely negating machinery, like the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau used many similar materials: metals, glass, etc.  Art Deco and its conservative minimalism only emerged after the process to create Art Nouveau pieces became too prohibitive.

Many famous and well-sought after antiques and designers emerged from this movement: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Renee Lalique, and MacKintosh, to name a few.  There are also several prominent architects: Anthony Gaudi, Victor Horta, and others.  I have tried to compile some information as well as some good examples of their work to truly give you a sense of the beauty that is Art Nouveau.

Louis Comfort Tiffany (Tiffany & Co.) 

The Father of Stained Glass

Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork.William Warmus. The Essential Louis Comfort Tiffany. New York: Abrams, 2001. Pages 5-8.

Louis Comfort Tiffany 

The premier Art Nouveau Glass Artist

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Sophie Newcomb Pottery 

An Often Overlooked Contributer

Sophie B. Newcomb College, of Tulane University, had a important role in the Art Nouveau movement in pottery. It is often overlooked, but the pottery is a prime example of this movement and becoming increasingly valuable.

H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886.

Newcomb was the first women's coordinate college in the nation, and the first degree-granting college for women established within an American university. This model was later duplicated in partnerships such as Harvard University and Radcliffe College, Brown University and Pembroke College, and Columbia University and Barnard College.

Newcomb College was dissolved in 2006, as part of a renewal plan adopted by the Tulane Board of Administrators following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. However, a lawsuit, Howard v. Tulane, brought by heirs of Mrs. Newcomb, is challenging Tulane on the issue of donor intent and seeks to preserve Newcomb as a degree-granting coordinate college within the university.

Newcomb Pottery 

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René Lalique 

Glass Sculpture - Redefined

René Jules Lalique was born in Ay, Marne, Marne, France on April 6,1860, and died May 5, 1945.

He was a glass designer, renowned for his stunning creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and, in the latter part of his life, automobile hood ornaments. The firm he founded is still active.

At age 16, he apprenticed with the Parisian jeweller, Louis Aucoc. Then from 1878-1880 he attended Sydenham Art College in London, England. After returning to France, he worked for Aucoc, Cartier, Boucheron and others.

In 1882 he became a freelance designer for several top jewellery houses in Paris and four years later established his own jewellery workshop. By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designers; creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new Paris shop, La Maison de l'Art Nouveau. He went on to be one of the most famous in his field, his name synonymous with creativity and quality.

In the 1920s he also became famous for his work in the Art Deco style. Among other things he was responsible for the walls of lighted glass and the elegant glass columns which filled the dining room and grand salon of the SS Normandie.

René Lalique is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

His granddaughter, Marie Claude-Lalique (b. 1936), was also a glass maker, but died on April 14, 2003, in Fort Myers, Florida.

Recognised as one of the world's greatest glass makers and jewellery designers of the art Nouveau and art Deco periods, René Jules Lalique was an imaginative and creative artist in all his work. Lalique's early life was spent in many different types of artistic businesses, acting as apprentice and assistant. This heavily influenced the designs he used in his later life, including his emphasis on glass. He used the most modern and innovative manufacturing techniques and equipment available, allowing more than one glass piece to be made at a time while still looking hand made, which meant his quality jewellery was available to the general public.

René Jules Lalique's early life was spent learning the methods of design and art he would use in his later life. He was born on the 6th April, 1860, in the town of Ay, France. At the age of two his family moved to a suburb of Paris due to his father's work, but travelled to Ay for summer holidays. These trips to Ay influenced Lalique's later naturalistic glasswork. When he was twelve, he entered the Collège Turgot where he started drawing and sketching. With the death of his father two years later, Lalique began working as an apprentice to the goldsmith Louis Aucoq in Paris, and attending evening classes at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. He worked here for two years and then moved to London to attend the Sydenham Art College for two years. At the Sydenham Art College, his skills for graphic design were improved, and his naturalistic approach to art was further developed. When he returned from England, he worked as a freelance artist, designing pieces of jewellery for French jewellers. Following this, he opened a business in 1885, and designed and made his own jewellery and other glass pieces for the rest of his life.

Many things influenced Lalique's work, including the natural environment, and the art Nouveau and art Deco periods. The summer holidays Lalique spent at Ay, in France, and the time he spent at the Sydenham College of Art in London, heavily influenced Lalique's naturalistic work. As a result, many of his jewellery pieces and vases showcase plants, flowers and flowing lines.

Bibliography

* "The Essential Rene Lalique" by William Warmus. New York: Abrams, 2003.

Lalique Glass 

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Art Nouveau Photos 

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Art Nouveau Jewelry 

Glitter, Jewels, and Bling Art Noveau Style

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Victor Horta 

A Premier Art Nouveau Architect

Victor, Baron Horta (January 6 1861 - September 9 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that he is sometimes credited as the first to introduce the style to architecture from the decorative arts. The French architect Hector Guimard was deeply influenced by Horta and further spread the "whiplash" style in France and abroad.

Art Noveau Pottery 

Art Noveau Ceramics, Bowls, and more

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Antoni Gaudí 

Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852?10 June 1926) ? in English usually referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudí ? was a spanish architect who belonged to the Modernist style (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs.

Art Nouveau Vintage Clothing 

Shirts, Dresses, and Accessories in the Art Noveau Style

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Art Nouveau Artwork 

Paintings, sculptures and other Noveau Creatives

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Art Noveau Chatter 

Gossip, News, and events surrounding the Art Noveau Culture

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Art Nouveau Furniture 

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MacKintosh Design on eBay 

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Posted October 21, 2007

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Love the Lens! Love Art Nouveau! Good job!

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