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The Maison de l’Art nouveau, 1895. The Maison de l'Art Nouveau ("House of New Art"), abbreviated often as L'Art Nouveau, and known also as Maison Bing for the owner, was a gallery opened on 26 December 1895, by Siegfried Bing at 22 rue de Provence, Paris. [1] The building was designed by the architect Louis Bonnier (1856–1946). [2]
Bing, wearing a hanfu Cover of an issue of Le Japon Artistique, which he published from 1888 to 1891 His gallery the Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris Gallery entrance. Samuel Siegfried Bing (26 February 1838 – 6 September 1905), who usually gave his name as S. Bing (not to be confused with his brother, Samuel Otto Bing, 1850–1905), was a German-French art dealer who lived in Paris as an ...
The name was popularized by the Maison de l'Art Nouveau ('House of the New Art'), an art gallery opened in Paris in 1895 by the Franco-German art dealer Siegfried Bing. In Britain, the French term Art Nouveau was commonly used, while in France, it was often called by the term Style moderne (akin to the British term Modern Style), or Style 1900. [9]
Art Nouveau architecture is a design style defined by dramatic, nature-inspired ornamentation, often with whiplash curves and flowing lines that look like vines. At its core, Art Nouveau ...
The Shock of the New is an eight-part documentary television series about the development of modern art written and presented in 1980 by Australian art critic Robert Hughes for the BBC, in association with Time-Life Films. Hughes also wrote a book to accompany the series. It was produced by Lorna Pegram, who also directed three of the episodes.
Bing (voiced by Elliot Kerley in series 1 and Rafferty Railton in series 2 of the British version, Santino Barnard in the American English version) is the titular protagonist of the programme. Bing is a 3-year-old black anthropomorphic bunny.
The Maison de l'Art Nouveau showed paintings by Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Toulouse-Lautrec, glass from Louis Comfort Tiffany and Émile Gallé, jewelry by René Lalique, and posters by Aubrey Beardsley. Bing wrote in 1902, "Art Nouveau, at the time of its creation, did not aspire in any way to have the honor of becoming a generic term.
L'Art Nouveau may refer to: Art Nouveau, an art movement between about 1890 and 1905; Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an art gallery opened by Siegfried Bing