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- James Tissot (French 1836-1902)
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Eated a sensation with an exhibition of his embroidery in 1896. Not only did this exhibit challenge the separation between fine and applied arts, but it also introduced the Munich public to the lively organic forms of art nouveau. Obrist’s designs, although based on natural forms, often evolved into mysterious sorms that would evoke a strong response in the viewer. His plaster relief sculpture for the exterior of Munich’s Elvira Photo Studio (1896-1897) does just that. Part dragon, part flying sea creature, part tidal wave, the theatrical relief expands the organic forms of art nouveau into .
G by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A case in point is the Palais Stoclet (1905-1911) in Brussels, designed by Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann. This residence summarizes succinctly what had become known in Vienna as Sezessionstil (secession style). Hoffmann utilized traditional building materials—marble, glass, and bronze—but arranged the building around an uncoeau, his work began to display a new freedom and playful romanticism. These tendencies are evident in Rubin’s The Family (1927, Tel Aviv Museum), an early work painted in flat, bright colors that shows a traditionally clothed Israeli family at home, set against a landscape of fields and trees. Later work is more freely executed, as exemplified by In Galilee (1971, Collection of House Rubin, Israel), in which a deeper and more lum.
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