Aubrey
Beardsley
(1872-1898) was unknown in 1892. By the time of his death in 1898, at
the age of 25, he had broken through the Victorian unconscious and hurled
England into the 20th century. Extremely gifted, he is considered the
enfant terrible of Art Nouveau. For his vibrant black-and-white work he
became a cult figure. He was furiously prolific for only five years, before
dying prematurely of tuberculosis.
Aubrey
Beardsley
'the toilette of Salome'
from Salome' by Oscar Wilde
At the age of eighteen, he met Oscar Wilde. Wilde was writing his Salome
and asked Beardsley to illustrate it.
1894
Aubrey
Beardsley
From The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur by Thomas Malory
1893
Henri
Toulouse-Lautrec
Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant
1892
Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec cover for L'Estampe Originale, brush and spatter
lithograph,
1893
Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec. Confetti.
Lithographed poster
1894
Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec
Moulin Rouge.
Lithographed poster
1891
Alphonse
Mucha,
poster for Job cigarette papers.
1898
Alphonse
Mucha
"Au Quartier Latin"
1998
Will
H. Bradley
Victor Bicycles
1896
Will
H. Bradley
Victor Bicycles
1896
Didley Hardy,
Theatrical poster for "Gaiety Girl"
1998
Lettering
by Alfred Roller in this poster he designed for a Secessionist exhibition
in
1903
For a brief period Vienna was the center of creative innovation in the final blossoming of Art Nouveau. The most important of turn-the -century magazine was Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring) published from 1898 to 1903. Ver Sacrum was more a design laboratory than a magazine, and it was handled by a rotating committee of artists.
Henry
van de Velde
Lettering
1896
Gustave
Klimt,
poster for the first Vienna Secession exhibition
1898
Berthold
Loffler
Poster for theatre and Cabaret
1907
Berthol Foundry
Akzidenz Grotesk typeface
1898-1906