Both also favored organic forms, were inspired by fluid curves and the exoticism of the East — and both produced art nouveau works that complemented Bernhardt's own eccentric aesthetic.

One is that it shows [Japanese artists] being up to date and international -- European-American -- so it's very cosmopolitan ... But [when the deco and art nouveau styles] are being developed in ...

Anyone writing about Art Nouveau here in Japan is expected to deferentially mention the strong Japanese influences on this late 19th-century art and design movement. Indeed, the exhibition now at ...

which combined Arts and Crafts furniture with Japanese and Indian imports. Alamy Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s play Salome, 1883, were the first example of Art Nouveau ...

The influence of Japanese art runs through the subsequent Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements in Europe. Today, Yip says, the overseas market is back in force: “While Chinese art is mostly bought ...

Art Nouveau seems to be an organic ejaculation of all that was art until then.” George Clinton at Maritime Hall (Courtesy Jim Phillips) Those sensuously drawn women, along with the bulbous letters and ...

Beardsley had been inspired by the eclectic aesthetic of the department store Liberty, which combined Arts and Crafts furniture with Japanese and Indian imports. Art Nouveau emerged as a fully ...