Art nouveau
Details of the Georges Fouquet’s shop designed by Mucha in Paris and my photo of an iris.
The Georges Fouquet’s jewelry shop designed by the Art nouveau artist Mucha
The Art nouveau artist Mucha collaborated with the jeweller Georges Fouquet ; they created jewels. These jewels were exhibited at the Paris World Fair in 1900. It was a great success. In 1901, Alphonse Mucha is chosen by Georges Fouquet to design his shop. It was a piece of art inspired by the jewelry and…
Dahlias in Autumn
L’automne : des couleurs chaudes par un temps froid. Alphonse Mucha illustration, my photo of the jardin du Luxembourg in Paris and my floral pattern (dahlias).
Mélancolie automnale
My photo of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, my floral pattern and illustration of Alphonse Mucha (Autumn).
A woman surrounded by flowers
Mix of Mucha’s illustrations and enameled and diamond set brooch by Whiteside & Blank. More Mucha’s illustrations :
Délicatesse fleurie
Mix of two Alphonse Mucha’s illustrations, Art nouveau enameled and diamond set brooch by Whiteside & Blank and Ilgiz Fazulzyanov’s ring.
Art nouveau beauty
The Art nouveau artist Georges Fouquet’s enamel and pearl jewel (1908) and Mary Katrantzou dress (Art nouveau inspired print). “The word enamel comes from the Old High German word smelzan, which means to smelt. In jewelry, enamel is a decorate coating applied to metal. It begins as a powder with a texture similar to that…
Art nouveau poppies
“Art nouveau (Art nouille) is a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the USA from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.” Poppy is a floral pattern often used by Art nouveau artists (illustrators, jewelers…) like…
Ô Miranda, toi qui illumine de ta beauté la mer bleue
Kenneth Jay Lane coral brooch, my photo of the sea in Tenerife (Puerto de la Cruz), Mucha illustration and Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee’s painting “Miranda” (1878).
Floral dreams
Alphonse Mucha’s illustration (F. Champenois, 1898) and Michael Michaud ring. Alfons Maria Mucha is an Art Nouveau major figure.
