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It was popular from about 1880 to 1914. This highly decorative style is characterized by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature. Art Nouveau took its inspiration from nature and women.  

It was popular from about 1880 to 1914. This highly decorative style is characterized by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature. Art Nouveau took its inspiration from nature and women.  

[[Gustav Klimt]] worked in an art nouveau style. Other important representatives of this style are Alphons Mucha (Czech), Eugène Grasset (Swiss), Henri Toulouse Lautrec (French), Toorop (Dutch), Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (Russian), Vasiliy Polenov (Russian), Valentin Serov (Russian)  

[[Gustav Klimt]] worked in an art nouveau style. Other important representatives of this style are Alphons Mucha (Czech), Eugène Grasset (Swiss), Henri Toulouse Lautrec (French), Toorop (Dutch), Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (Russian), Vasiliy Polenov (Russian), Valentin Serov (Russian),

Maurice Denis (French) James McNeill Whistler (American) and Antonio Gaudi (Spaniard).   

Maurice Denis (French), James McNeill Whistler (American) and Antonio Gaudi (Spaniard).   

Art Nouveau was not restricted to painting or printmaking. It covered all forms of art: architecture, sculpture, jewelry, furniture, ceramics, glass and illustration.

Art Nouveau was not restricted to painting or printmaking. It covered all forms of art: architecture, sculpture, jewelry, furniture, ceramics, glass and illustration.