William L. Carqueville, "Lippincott's, April" (1895), 19 x 12 7/16 inches, Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Deceptively niche as it ...

Art Nouveau was born in reaction to a lack of creativity in the decorative arts during the latter half of the 19th century. Characterised by its floral motifs, dark outlines and solid colours, the ...

Organic, sinuous lines, with vines snaking around stylized letters, ethereal women with flowing tresses, and botanical borders characterize the style of Art Nouveau, the enduringly popular movement ...

PARIS — Through his early and spectacular success as the preeminent Art Nouveau graphic artist, a psychic burden was foisted upon the Bohemian artist Alphonse Mucha. The tragic double-edged sword of ...

When Vancouver Opera had to move in the early 1980s, they downsized by throwing out old promotional material. “I thought ‘they can’t go in the garbage,’ so I fished them out, put them in the trunk of ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Tennis star Ivan Lendl is displaying his full collection of posters by the Czech art nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha for the first time. The eight-time Grand Slam winner's collection of ...