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Salon Des Cent
''Salon des Cent'' ("Salon of the One Hundred") was a commercial art exhibition in Paris, based at 31 Rue Bonaparte. The ''Salon'' sold color posters, prints and reproductions of artwork to the general public at reasonable prices. It was established in February 1894 by Léon Deschamps, founder of ''La Plume'' ("The Pen") an avant garde literary and artistic magazine. It became known for its exhibitions showcasing the works of contemporary graphical artists. The salon held exhibitions until 1900. Many of the posters advertising ''Salon des Cent'' exhibitions have themselves become collectors' items. La Plume ''La Plume'' was an artistic and literary journal founded by Léon Deschamps in 1889, at first located on 36 Boulevard Arago. Articles in ''La Plume'' covered a broad range of subjects ranging from realism, socialism and anarchism to Catholic mysticism and the aristocracy. The journal moved to 31 Rue Bonaparte in July 1891, where the spacious new offices gave room to mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon Des Cents Paul Berthon
Salon may refer to: Common meanings * Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments * French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home * Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment Arts and entertainment * Salon (Paris), a prestigious annual juried art exhibition in Paris begun under Louis XIV * The Salon (TV series), ''The Salon'' (TV series), a British reality television show * The Salon (film), ''The Salon'' (film), a 2005 American dramatic comedy movie * The Salon (comics), ''The Salon'' (comics), a graphic novel written and illustrated by Nick Bertozzi Places * Salon, Aube, France, a commune * Salon, Dordogne, France, a commune * Salon, India, a town and nagar panchayat * Salon (Assembly constituency), India, a constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Other uses * Salon.com, an online magazine * Champagne Salon, a producer of sparkling wine * Salon Basnet (born 1991), Nepali actor and model * The Salon, a List of Category A lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Four
The Glasgow School was a circle of influential artists and designers that began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to around 1910. Representative groups included The Four (also known as the Spook School), the Glasgow Girls and the Glasgow Boys. Part of the international Art Nouveau movement, they were responsible for creating the distinctive Glasgow Style (see Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style)). Glasgow experienced an economic boom at the end of the 19th century, resulting in an increase in distinctive contributions to the Art Nouveau movement, particularly in the fields of architecture, interior design and painting. The Four (the "Spook School") Among the most prominent definers of the Glasgow School collective were The Four. They were the painter and glass artist Margaret MacDonald, acclaimed architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (MacDonald's husband), MacDonald's sister Frances and Herbert MacNair. Together, The Four define ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard (; 3 October 186723 January 1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject. Early life and education Pierre Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine on 3 October 1867. His mother, Élisabeth Mertzdorff, was from Alsace. His father, Eugène Bonnard, was from the Dauphiné, and was a senior official in the French Ministry of War. He had a brother, Charles, and a sister, Andrée, who in 1890 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert André
Albert André ( 24 May 1869 – 11 July 1954) was a French Post-Impressionist figurative painter. He produced portraits of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his closest friend, and Claude Monet. Biography Born in Lyon, he initially trained there designing patterns for silk. In 1889 he moved to Paris to enroll at the Académie Julian. There he met Paul Ranson, Louis Valtat, and Georges d'Espagnat. He also associated with the group known as Les Nabis which included Pierre Bonnard, Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Denis, Félix Vallotton, Vallotton, Albert Marquet, Marquet and Paul Signac, Signac. In 1894, he exhibited five paintings at the Salon des Indépendants where he caught the eye of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir. Despite their age difference, a solid friendship united them until Renoir's death in 1919, providing André with guidance in his career. Through Renoir's art dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, André was able to sell many of his paintings in the United States through the Durand-Ruel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmin Bouisset
Firmin Bouisset (2 September 1859 – 19 March 1925) was a French painter, poster artist and printmaker. Early life and education He was born on 2 September 1859 in the town of Moissac in the Tarn-et-Garonne département in southwestern France. Firmin Bouisset entered the Toulouse School of Fine Arts in 1877, in the live model class. He then passed the Beaux-Arts de Paris competition in March 1880 in Alexandre Cabanel's class, and exhibited two portraits painted the same year at the Salon des artistes français. In 1883, at the request of the director of the Sarreguemines earthenware factory, he executed drawings to decorate a service and were noticed. As an artist, Bouisset specialized in painting children subjects and did a number of illustrated books such as ''La Petite Ménagère'' (The Little Housekeeper) in 1890. Career At a time when posters were a popular form of advertising, Bouisset created posters with enduring images for a number of different French food companies s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsène Herbinier
Arsène Julien Herbinier (14 May 1869 – 26 December 1947) was a French lithograph artist. Herbinier was born in Paris in 1869, the son of Aimée Arsène Herbinier. He studied with Luc-Olivier Merson, Eugène Grasset and Alfred Jean Marie Broquelet. He specialized in lithography. His work was exhibited by the Société des Artistes Français, and in 1909 he was elected a full member of this society and awarded a third class medal. His works were typical of the Art Nouveau style, including the clear influence of Japanese prints and the sinuous lines, naturalistic motifs and pale female figures draped in flowing gowns. He died in Vernon, Eure Vernon (; ) is a commune in the French department of Eure, administrative region of Normandy, northern France. It lies on the banks of the river Seine, about midway between Paris and Rouen. Vernon–Giverny station has rail connections to Ro ... in 1947. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbinier, Arsene Art Nouveau illustrators 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Fau
Fernand Fau (13 July 1858 - 27 November 1915) was a French illustrator and cartoonist whose work was widely published in popular journals around the turn of the 19th century. Biography Fau was born in Poitiers in 1858. He produced copious illustrations under the pseudonym "Fanfare". He made the illustrations for the drama by Ferny "Le Secret du manifestant" at the "shadow show" in the cabaret ''Le Chat Noir''. He also illustrated the shadow show ''Une Affaire d'honneur'' by Jules Jouy at ''Le Chat Noir''. In 1890 ''Le Chat Noir'' put on his ''Idylle'', a revue in one act with music by Charles de Sivry. His illustrations appeared in the ''Chat Noir'' humorous magazine and also in ''Le Rire''. He illustrated many children's books throughout his career, and was a satirist. Fau was also versed in Art Nouveau, and exhibited at the Salon des Cent in 1895. Fernand Fau died in Paris in 1915. Illustrated works *Jean Perrot, 34 leçons de choses en images sans paroles à raconter par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Berthon
Paul Berthon (Paul Berthon, 15 March 1872 in Villefranche-sur-Saône – 15 February 1909 in Paris) was a French people, French artist who produced primarily posters and lithographs.Haslam, Malcolm ''Marks & monograms: the decorative arts, 1880-1960'' 1995 p. 169, 345 Biography Berthon studied as a painter in Villefranche-sur-Saône before moving to Paris. He later enrolled at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignement de Dessin and received lessons in painting from Luc-Olivier Merson and lessons in decorative arts from Eugène Grasset. Grasset had a far greater influence on him, and he may be regarded as his pupil. Work Berthon's work is in the style of Art Nouveau, much like his contemporary Alfons Mucha, Alphonse Mucha. His study of the decorative arts influenced his printmaking, print making, influencing the strong lines and natural details that guided his art. The vast majority of Berthon's lithographed posters did not include advertising, advertisements and were meant to stand on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elles (series)
''Elles'' (''Them'') is a 1896 series of color lithographs created by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. They are part of his series of works based on scenes from French brothels he was known to visit from 1892 to 1895. ''Elles'' was first published by Gustave Pellet and exhibited in Paris at the 20th ''Salon des Cent'' on April 22, 1896. The show attracted little initial attention and sold poorly, as it portrayed a sympathetic depiction of prostitutes undergoing their everyday routine devoid of eroticism. Artist Edvard Munch was known to have bought an entire set of lithographs.Frey, Julia (1994). ''Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life''. New York: Viking. pp. 341-346; 417-418. . . Background In the mid-1890s, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) frequented brothels on the rue d'Amboise and the rue des Moulins. He often took friends or relatives along with him to socialize in the brothels. He was open about his predilection for prostitutes, feeling more at home among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of French coast on the English Channel between Calais and Normandy, and the most visited location in the region after the Lille conurbation. Boulogne is its department's second-largest city after Calais, and the 183rd-largest in France.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017 Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE It is also the country's largest fishing port, specialising in herring. Boulogne is an ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gismonda
''Gismonda'' is a Greek-set melodrama in four acts by Victorien Sardou that premiered on October 31, 1894 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance. In 1918, the play was adapted for the now lost film ''Love's Conquest.'' In 1918/1919, it was adapted into the opera '' Gismonda'' by Henry Février. Plot Act I Act I starts in 1451 in Athens at the foot of the Acropolis. In the opening act, we find Gismonda, the widow of the Duke of Athens, and the mother of his child, a five-year-old boy named Francesco. Gismonda is the ruling power of the duchy as regent for her son, an absolute monarch. She is surrounded by a flattering court, among whom is a Venetian, named Zaccaria Franco, who loved the Duchess before she married the Duke of Athens. He is seemingly one of her strongest supporters, but is actually trying to seize power for himself. Zaccaria is in league with the Turks, who support him in his plotting against the duchy. Gismonda's young son Francesco, the heir to the duchy, stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, Alexandre Dumas ''fils'', ''Ruy Blas'' by Victor Hugo, ''Fédora'' and ''La Tosca'' by Victorien Sardou, and ''L'Aiglon'' by Edmond Rostand. She played female and male roles, including Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet, Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", and Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours worldwide and was one of the early prominent actresses to make sound recordings and act in motion pictures. She is also linked with the success of artist Alphonse Mucha, whose work she helped to publicize. Mucha became one of the more sought-after artists of this period for his Art Nouveau style. Biography Early life Henriette-Rosine Bernard was born at 5 rue de L'École-de- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
