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Bronze figure above the entrance of the office of insurance company 'Utrecht' in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,1910. By Dutch sculptor J. Mendes Da Costa (1863-1939).
Magazine "Onze Kunst", 1910.
"A tulip farm in Holland from a drawing by [Dutch-British painter] Nico Jungman".
Original 1899 colour illustration publushed in the British Art Nouveau magazine The Studio, volume 15. U.K., 1899.
How wonderfully these pages are decorated. What a joy to the eye.
German Art Nouveau magazine Jugend, 1898. (Part 2).
How wonderfully these pages are decorated. What a joy to the eye.
German Art Nouveau magazine Jugend, 1898.
From the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32, Japan.
Very well known this work. But so beautiful that it doesn't hurt seeing it again.
The Precious Stones serie by Czech Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha from the year 1900.
Topaz, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby.
Susanna at her bath. Illustration from German art magazine Jugend, issue 14, 1924.
60 yrs before the "official" start of Art Nouveau in Europe. Grasshopper and Iris by Katsushika Hokusai, Japan, late 1820s.
Theo van Hoytema (1863-1917) was a brilliant Art Nouveau illustrator from The Netherlands. Here four illustrations from the children's book "Owl happiness ", published in 1895.
Little Art Deco gems. Postcards depicting the Chicago World's Fair, 1933.