Fin de Siecle

Georges le Feure, The Absinthe Drinker

In Le buveur d’absinthe, a young man ponders the invisible near distance whilst in front of him sits a glass of absinthe. The powerful allure of this greenish liquor was almost mythical at the time. While many associated it with a life of debauchery and vice, many artists and poets of the nineteenth century were under the spell of the powerful green potion. Oscar Wilde once proclaimed ‘Absinthe has a wonderful colour, green. A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?’. The intoxication and ill-effects of absinth consumption were depicted by artists such as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Raffaelli and Beraud among others. Whilst novelists such as Emile Zola and the Goncourt brothers approached the subject by telling tales of working class women descending into alcoholism, de Feure’s placement of a glass of absinthe in front of his sitter clearly singles him out as an upper class dandy.

Georges de Feure was instrumental in the creation of the Art Nouveau style in France. A multi-talented, versatile and creative artist, his creations ranged from Symbolist paintings, lithographs and posters to Art Deco furniture, frames, carpets and glassware. He created ballets for Ravel and Debussy, designed theatrical costumes and stage sets and even constructed aeroplanes. (via)

yama-bato: John Jack VRIESLANDER DIE FINSTERNIS 1900

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yama-bato:

John Jack VRIESLANDER DIE FINSTERNIS 1900

moosickles: Honeysuckle, Eugene Grasset, 1896. Art Nouveau...

Wed, 29 May 2013 02:00:23 -0700

moosickles:

Honeysuckle, Eugene Grasset, 1896. Art Nouveau Movement.

thepaintedgarden: Hôtel Hannon (1904) – 1 avenue de la...

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:43:18 -0700

thepaintedgarden:

Hôtel Hannon (1904) – 1 avenue de la Jonction, Bruxelles by Yvette Gauthier

leprocrastinateur: Paul Berthon (1872-1909). La joueuse de...

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:02:53 -0700

leprocrastinateur:

Paul Berthon (1872-1909). La joueuse de flûte.

Visible en ce moment à la Pinacothèque 1, à l’expo L’art nouveau, la révolution décorative (jusqu’au 8 septembre 2013).

herownwrite: Georges Fouquet brooch, 1901 source

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:17:46 -0700

herownwrite:

Georges Fouquet brooch, 1901

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artnouveaustyle: Béla-Gyula Krieger was a Hungarian art nouveau...

Tue, 28 May 2013 11:34:43 -0700

artnouveaustyle:

Béla-Gyula Krieger was a Hungarian art nouveau artist who made designs for jewelry. He worked in Paris and created designs with fish, chimera, gargoyles and many other fantastical objects. This is a small sampling of his jewelry drawings, which includes cephalopods and gargoyles.

To see Krieger’s crazy awesome designs, go here and here! His jewelry designs are at the top and bottom of the pages ;) (easy to spot) They are REALLY unusual, extremely colorful and very imaginative!

Photo

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