FERNAND KHNOPFF ~ I LOCK MY DOOR…
I lock my door upon myself by Fernand Khnopff, 1891
Art Nouveau
FRANZ VON STUCK ~ WATER AND FIRE
Franz van stuck (February 24, 1863 – August 30, 1928) was a German symbolist/Art Nouveau painter, sculptor, engraver, and architect. This painting is part of a tryptich Air, water and Fire. This part is called Water and Fire, 1913.
EDWARD BURNE-JONES ~ THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
The Depths of the Sea (1887) by Sir Edward Burne-Jones Two weighless figures are buoyed up by the water surrounding them in this unusual underwaterview. Pre-Raphaelite painters such as Burne-Jones were fascinated with drowning; this preoccupution, part of a general preference for morbid subjects, was also popular with Art Nouveau.
GUSTAV MOREAU ~ THE WORLD
No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream. Gustav Moreau The Sphinx, 1886
WILHELM LIST ~ DAYLIGHT AND TWILIGHT
Daylight and twilight by Wilhelm List (1900)
WALTER KRANE ~ JUGENDSTIL
Walter Krane, A floral fantasy in an old English garden
MUCHA ~ ZODIAC
Zodiac, color litho by Alphons Maria Mucha, 1896 The Mucha Trust
JAMES VASZARY ~ THE GOLDEN AGE
The Golden Age James Vaszary, 1897-98 Magyar Nemzetri Galeria Budapest, Hungary Photo@Cadman 2007
ART NOUVEAU ~ WALTER CRANE
Swan, Rush and Iris Wallpaper Wall paper design by Walter Crane, 1875 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
