Discovering Art Nouveau during COVID lock-downs
Since COVID-19 struck our planet in March 2020, we have been in various stages of lock-down and ordinary ways of …
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Hôtel Mezzara, 60 Rue Jean de la Fontaine, Paris
Not many people may know this, but there is something important going on behind the scenes in Paris. Art Nouveau …
Art Nouveau in Amsterdam 1895-1910
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I am particularly keen on …
Le Pater: Alphonse Mucha’s Masterpiece of Symbolism
In April 2016, I reported about the plans of Century Guild on reprinting Mucha’s Le Pater. Well, that plan was …
Mozart’s Requiem: An Illuminated Manuscript
In this day and age of digital illustrations and Photoshop, Matt Hughes might be one of a dying breed. In …
Two Dutch Architects in Paris
A few weeks ago I received an incredibly interesting book in the mail. The book is called Two Dutch architects …
W.B. van Liefland (1857-1919)
At the moment Dutch author Peter van Dam (1948) is working on a monumental project: he is writing a series …
Art Nouveau in Buenos Aires, a Love Story
In the next couple of days, the richly illustrated coffee table book Art Nouveau in Buenos Aires, a Love Story …
Reprinting a lost Mucha Masterpiece
In 1899 Art Nouveau illustrator Alphonse Mucha printed a limited number of 510 copies of his most personal work-on-paper. More than …
Grand Tour Kunstreisgidsen Art Nouveau Jugendstil
This is my latest trophy. I found it at a secondhand bookstore last week and paid €3,- for it. Unfortunately for most of …
