Literature of the Decadent movement in the late 19th Century, as well as literature that influenced it, and was influenced by it.
Continuing the delve into back issues of Jugend magazine, the German fin de siècle periodical of “art and life”, this post covers the year 1899. The earlier years of the magazine are replete with a…
Among the artists: Olga Boznańska, Józef Chełmoński, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer, Edward Okuń, Wojciech Weiss, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Stanisław Wyspiański.
Explore a short portion of the life of Félix Vallotton, a Swiss artist who conquered Paris with his satirical representations of modern life.
Having chucked the cable hook-up for a fresh start, I should blog more frequently soon. My last couple of poems are pretty personal/sensitive pieces…stuff I can’t publish until I’…
12 May — 17 Sep 2017 at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain
A show of Symbolist paintings at the Guggenheim makes it clear that 19th-century France had an infinitely more interesting fin-de-siècle flip-out than we did in the 20th.
The first US retrospective of the works of Richard Gerstl provides a detailed profile of the painter who is known more for his tempestuous personality and his tragic death than for his artistic innovations.
Having chucked the cable hook-up for a fresh start, I should blog more frequently soon. My last couple of poems are pretty personal/sensitive pieces…stuff I can’t publish until I’…
Alfonse Mucha
Les écrivains avaient pour tribune le journal « La Wallonie », les peintres bénéficiaient d'importants salons, celui des XX jusqu'en 1893, puis celui de
Pierrot de la Comédie dell'arte est un valet bouffon. il est le rival d’Arlequin auprès de Francisquine ou de Zerbinette, et il est amoureux de Colombine la blanchisseuse... Après l'oubli ; il reprit une nouvelle vogue sur les théâtres de pantomimes,...
A show of Symbolist paintings at the Guggenheim makes it clear that 19th-century France had an infinitely more interesting fin-de-siècle flip-out than we did in the 20th.
Pastelliste virtuose de la fin du XIXe siècle, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer laisse derrière lui d’étonnantes visions symbolistes et vaporeuses. Une dizaine de ses…
valsur - the new blog in LiveJournal. There should be new interesting records soon.
It was a time of political upheaval, cultural transformation, and a spectrum of artistic movements in Europe during the last half of the 19th century, especially in the art capital of the world: Paris. How artists reflected and captured this era was truly extraordinary.
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Still Life with Blue and White Porcelain (1909) Dear friends and readers, I begin my project with transferring one of several brief life and works I did some years ago which were put on a blog crea…
C’est la saison des contes de fées au coin du feu, non? Alors voici quelques jolies illustrations pour accompagner vos histoires... Il s’agit des créations d’Arthur Rackham, un artiste londonien de la fin du 19ème siècle. Rackham est l’une des stars...
Can be seen in the new 'Musée Fin-de-Siècle', Brussels
Plongez dans l'élégance de la fin du XIXe siècle avec notre reproduction de haute qualité de "Un apr
The first US retrospective of the works of Richard Gerstl provides a detailed profile of the painter who is known more for his tempestuous personality and his tragic death than for his artistic innovations.
On Monday, Modigliani’s Reclining Nude joined an elite band of artworks that have commanded over $150m at auction or private sale – but are they worth it?
