Art Nouveau was an international style of art, architecture and design that flourished roughly between 1890 and the First World War. It rejected the historical imitation common in nineteenth-century design in favour of flowing, organic lines inspired by plants and flowers. The name comes from the Paris gallery Maison de l'Art Nouveau, opened by Siegfried Bing in 1895. Victor Horta designed pioneering townhouses in Brussels, Hector Guimard created the metro entrances in Paris, and Antoni Gaudi worked in Barcelona in a related Catalan form known as modernisme. Alphonse Mucha's posters made the style well known, and it had regional variants such as Jugendstil in Germany and Secession in Vienna. It declined after the war, replaced by Art Deco.
Before and after
- 14 November 1889Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
- 20 November 1889Birth of Edwin Hubble
- 1890Founding of University of Chicago
- 1890Opening of New Scotland Yard
- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 1890Publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 25 January 1890Founding of Sevilla FC
- 29 January 1890Birth of Boris Pasternak
- 4 March 1890Construction of Forth Bridge
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- c. 1860sImpressionism
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
The era
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