The Art Nouveau Poster

In July 1881, bill-posting became legal in Paris. The result was an explosion of creativity over three glorious decades recognised as the golden age of poster advertising, stirring together elements of new printing technology, William Morrisâ?? attempts to reconcile medieval artistry with modern industry, the influence of newly-open Japan on European engraving and aesthetics, and the talents of artists as diverse as Jules Cheret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha and Aubrey Beardsley.

The Art Nouveau Poster is the most comprehensive survey to date of this vivid and much loved subject, featuring over 400 illustrations from all of the major European centres, Britain and the United States, with an informative and accessible text. A final chapter looks at the revival of interest in the 1960s following major retrospective exhibitions of Alphonse Mucha and Aubrey Beardsley, and features work from the psychedelic era.

 

• Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight
• Travel Italia: The Golden Age of Italian Travel Posters
• Car Posters
• The Poster: A Worldwide Survey and History
• The Complete "Masters of the Poster": All 256 Color Plates from "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
• Cappiello: The Posters of Leonetto Cappiello
• The Art Deco Poster
• Alphonse Mucha: Masterworks
• Art Nouveau: Posters and Illustrations From the Glamorous Fin de Siecle (Masterworks)
• Alphonse Mucha