Edward Colonna (1862 – 1948) was a German-born designer of furniture, metalwork, ceramics and other materials in the

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Moder ...

style He was associated with Siegfried Bing and his gallery Maison de l'Art Nouveau. An exhibition of his work was organised by the

Dayton Art Institute The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The Dayton Art Institute has been rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for children. The museum also ranks in the top 3% of all art mus ...

in 1984. A number of items by Colonna are in the collection of the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 100 ...

in New York.

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1862 births 1948 deaths German furniture designers People from Mülheim Art Nouveau designers {{Germany-artist-stub