The origins of l'art nouveau : the Bing empire / edited by Gabriel P. Weisberg, Edwin Becker, and Évelyne Possémé

Additional Titles:: Art nouveau
Published:: Amsterdam : Van Gogh Museum ; Paris : Musée des arts décoratifs ; Antwerp : Mercatorfonds, 2004.
Physical Description:: 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Additional Creators:: Weisberg, Gabriel P., Becker, Edwin, Possémé, Evelyne, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Museum Villa Stuck, CaixaForum (Barcelona, Spain), and Musée des arts décoratifs (France)

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Contents:

Introduction, art nouveau and Siegfried Bing / John Leighton, Béatrice Salmon, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, José Vilarasau -- Family affair, from Hamburg to Paris and beyond / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Appreciation and study of Japanese art / Christine Shimizu -- Creation of Japonisme / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Arts ambassador for Europe and America / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Opening of la Maison de L'Art Nouveau, Bing and Belgium / Philippe Thiébaut. and Les Salons de L'Art Nouveau, perfect harmony and unpretentious beauty / Edwin Becker -- Bing and England / Évelyne Possémé -- Redesigning the home, Bing's art nouveau workshops / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Bing art nouveau pavilion at the world's fair of 1900, 'new' art from old / Karine Lacquemant -- Bing and interior decoration, the example of the Château de Trévarez / Évelyne Possémé -- Bing's influence and place in the art of his time / Rüdiger Joppien.

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ISBN:

906153562X
9061535727
0801443873

Related Titles:

Art nouveau: la Maison Bing

Note:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "L'Art Nouveau, la Maison Bing," presented at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Nov. 26, 2004-Feb. 27, 2005; the Museum Villa Stuck, Münich, Mar. 17-July 31, 2005; the CaixaForum, Barcelona, Sept. 2005-Jan. 2006; and the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, March-July, 2006.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-289) and index.

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