France - Art Nouveau
Among the hallmarks of Art Nouveau are long, generous, curving
lines, sinuous plant forms, broken colours and continual over-refinement.
Emil Gallé (glasses, furniture) and Hector Guimard (Paris metro stations)
were among the protagonists and virtuosos of the floral style.
Art Nouveau was an international current in art, closely linked
to the trends appearing in postimpressionist paining - symbolic and decorative,
linear and superficial design.
It created the basic prerequisites for the aesthetics of modern design in
industrial mass production
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The most beautiful metro stations in the world: A contemporary
picture of Guimard's architecture in Paris in 1900.
© Christies London, The Chair, 29th October
97'
The characteristics of Art Nouveau in the ornamental curve
of the chair back - a design by Hector Guimard dated 1902.
© Christies London, The Chair, 29th October
97'
