Art Nouveau Prints

Art Nouveau was popular from 1890-1910. It was during this time that the Victorian style was becoming quite heavy and rooms were becoming dark with heavy drapes, and lots of clutter filling the space. The Art Nouveau movement leaned to something simpler. It was inspired by natural forms, organic subjects, dramatic, graceful curved forms, plants, animals and structures. Landscapes became very popular during this time as flowers and insects were a foundation of the movement.

Famous artists of Art Nouveau prints include Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Alphonse Mucha was a Czech Art Nouveau artist who created many advertisements during his time. His works featured goddess-like women with flowing hair and gowns such as Bieres de la Meuse, Papier a Cigarette Jov, c.1897, and Summer. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter well known for his Art Nouveau posters such as The Kiss, c1908, Tree of Life, c.1909, and The Virgin, c.1913. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter and printmaker who was known for his colorful and theatrical depictions such as le Divan Japonais, La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, and Jardin de Paris.

Art Nouveau prints are appropriate for use in decorating a home. Art Nouveau posters contain a variety of color pallets as well as subjects, so they fit any space. There are images with fruit which would be ideal for a kitchen or dining room, feminine and intimate posters for a bedroom or bathroom, and those that demand attention and make great conversation pieces for the living room.