Happy May 1st! Joyeux 1er mai !
Tomorrow we'll be busy sailing on the Mediteranean Sea so I have chosen this day to celebrate May, my soon to come birthday and lily of the valley.
And to post about some visits we made last December in Nancy dedicated to Art Nouveau with the Villa Majorelle and the Museum of Nancy Art Nouveau/New Art.
la villa Majorelle et le musée de l'école de Nancy
Great fan of the New Art, it was amazing to discover all those treasures presented in these two magnificently reconstituted places. Furniture, stained glass, lighting, earthenware.
Grande fan de l'Art Nouveau c'était un régal de découvrir ces superbes mises en scène dans ces deux sites rénovés.
De magnifiques meubles dans des essences de bois sculptés, de superbes vitraux, faïences, vases, luminaires.
Bien sûr de grands noms : Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum, Emile Gallé, Eugène Vallin, Victor Prouvé, Jacques Gruber.
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914.
Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the glass and furniture designer Émile Gallé, and the crystal manufactory of Daum.
Their work was largely inspired by floral and vegetal forms found in the region. The goal of the group was to produce in series ordinary objects, such as furniture, glassware, and pottery, with fine craftsmanship and in original forms, making art objects available for people's homes.
Here is a link, if you want to see more
https://musee-ecole-de-nancy.nancy.fr/la-villa-majorelle-2887.html
I love the floral and vegetal forms, like to see waterlily, annual honesty, coloquint... in lights, stained glass, furnitures.
En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait ! Je vais retenir la seconde partie de ce dicton météo pour me faire plaisir en mai et célébrer mon mois de naissance, tout en continuant certains encours, par plus de projets personnels en gardant un peu de place pour d'anciens et de nouveaux faits par moi pour moi !
I´m not a great fan of Art Nouveau but do like the beauty of the floral and vegetal forms and glass work of the Nancy school. (couldn´t get the link to work). Lots of interesting projects for this month. Wishing you a happy and productive May.
RépondreSupprimerI'm not familiar with it either, but two things come to mind when I hear Art Nouveau.
RépondreSupprimer①Mucha
②Tokyo station in Japan
It's very beautiful.
Enjoy your birthday.🙌
That is a stunning house, I would love to visit there
RépondreSupprimerSerendipitous Jo