iris 3 fine art print maurice pillard verneuil art nouveau Alfons Maria Mucha known internationally

Alfons Maria Mucha known internationally as Alphonse Mucha

the cephalopods on this plate are among the ocean's most captivating creatures — and Ernst Haeckel clearly relished drawing them

the series was a deliberate argument that nature itself is the greatest artist — an idea that went on to shape the flowing lines of Art Nouveau and Jugendstil

Haeckel's series of 100 lithographs created at the turn of the twentieth century

At an exhibition in 1915

iris 3 fine art print maurice pillard verneuil art nouveau Alfons Maria Mucha known internationally"La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales" by Maurice Pillard Verneuil (18691942) French artist and decorator in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movement is about plants and their decorative applications (24 sets with 3 motifs each). Verneuil studied and developed his style under Eug Grasset, a Franco Swiss pioneer of Art Nouveau design. He is known for his contributions to the Art Deco movement through the use of bold floral designs on ceramic tiles,