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- Edward Lamson Henry (American 1841-1919)
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Aanic forms is also found in the work of French glass designer Emile Galle. Working from his hometown of Nancy, Galle produced a variety of glassware decorated with leaves, vines, and flowers. He fused layers of different colored glass and then cut designs into the glass to reveal the color he wanted, a technique that also added greater depth to the design. Alphonse Mucha made similar on 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 shapes that suggest a fantasy world. The work of German architect August Endell shares this visionary quality. Endell sought to create intense, dyn.
Farchitect August Endell shares this visionary quality. Endell sought to create intense, dynamic forms 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 ostimpressionist ( see postimpressionism). His first influence was Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler, but later, under the influence of French artists Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy, and especially Henri Rousseau, 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 hom.
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