German, 20th century, male.
Born 26 August 1882, in Berlin; died 4 July 1939, in Berlin.
Draughtsman, illustrator, poster artist, caricaturist.
Symbolism, Jugendstil.
Hermann Abeking was still very much influenced by the Jugendstil, and particularly by Aubrey Beardsley and Jan Toorop. He worked on several German magazines, including the ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 1878, in Laupheim (Württemberg); died 1942, in Hamburg, during deportation.
Painter, stucco artist. Designs (metal objects/leather objects/jewellery).
Jugendstil.
Friedrich Adler studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich from 1894 to 1898, then became a pupil of the Debschitz Schule in Munich (the famous school founded by Wilhelm Debschitz and Hermann Obrist) as soon as it opened in ...
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in Europe 1877-1881, and in Paris 1891-1901.
Born 7 October 1856, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania; died 31 May 1915, in New York.
Painter, muralist, illustrator. Portraits, figures, landscapes.
Symbolism, Art Nouveau.
John White Alexander worked as an office boy for ...
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1874, in Hanau; died 1913, in Berlin.
Sculptor, worker in precious metals. Figures. Designs (ceramics/metal objects).
Jugendstil.
Adolf Amberg trained at the academy of fine arts in Berlin. He went to Paris and worked at the Académie Julian, exhibiting at the Salon of ...
Austrian, 20th century, male.
Born 10 March 1871, in Waidhofen-am-Ybbs; died 19 May 1956, in Vienna.
Painter, sculptor, engraver, illustrator. Genre scenes. Toys.
Art Nouveau.
Secession group.
Andri studied under Julius Berger and Edouard Lichtenfels at the Venice Academy, then, from 1892, under Claus Meyer at Karlsruhe Academy, before returning to settle in Venice. In ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 17 March 1885, in La Ferté-Vidame (Eure-et-Loir); died 1953.
Painter, ceramicist, glassmaker.
Art Nouveau.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau studied at the school of ceramics in Sèvres. He participated in the Salon d'Automne between 1920 and 1924, and exhibited glassware and enamel work at the Salon des Artistes Français in ...
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1863, in Beauvais; died c. 1938.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, illustrator.
Art Nouveau.
Together with Steinlen and Willette, among others, Georges Auriol belonged to the group of artists who frequented the cabaret Le Chat Noir. He also wrote songs and humorous whimsical pieces. In ...
Russian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Born 10 May 1866, in St Petersburg; died 28 December 1924, in Paris.
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, draughtsman, illustrator. Portraits, nudes, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes. Stage sets, stage costumes, posters.
Symbolism, Art Nouveau.
Mir Iskusstva (World of Art) group...
Hungarian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 16 April 1873, in Budapest.
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, poster artist.
Art Nouveau.
Arpad Basch studied with Karlovsky in 1873 at the school of arts and crafts in Budapest, then in Munich with Hollósy, and in Paris with Léon Bonnat and Jean Paul Laurens....
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1863, in Abstatt bei Heilbronn; died 1919, in Schwäbischgmünd.
Engraver. Jewellery.
Jugendstil.
Hermann Bauer learned engraving with Peter Bruckmann in Heilbronn. He started his own jewellery company, Bauer & Jäger, in 1862.
Hase, Ulrike von: Schmuck in Deutschland und Österrreich. Symbolismus, Jugendstil, Neohistorismus...German, 20th century, male.
Born 1877, in Munich; died, died during World War I (1914-1918).
Worker in precious metals, metal worker, engraver. Jewellery.
Jugendstil.
Karl Johann Bauer learned metalwork, then worked in Munich for Rothmüller, Lohr & Steinicken. He also took lessons at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich. He taught metalwork at the Debschitz Schule, a school of applied art in Munich founded by Wilhelm Debschitz and Hermann Obrist in ...
British, 19th century, male.
Born 21 August 1872, in Brighton; died 16 March 1898, in Menton, France.
Draughtsman, illustrator.
Japonisme, Art Nouveau.
Aubrey Beardsley's originality and superior draughtsmanship place him at the forefront of developments in illustration techniques and styles, despite only a brief art education at the Westminster Art School in London. There he studied the nude, having been encouraged to take up art as a career by Edward Burne-Jones. Tuberculosis and his association with Oscar Wilde led to repeated visits to France. He died in Menton in 1898 at the age of 25....
German, 20th century, male.
Born 1 October 1879, in Weimar; died 12 September 1958, in Berlin.
Painter, draughtsman, watercolourist, engraver, illustrator. Ex-libris plates.
Jugendstil.
Marcus Behmer was self-taught. He was influenced by Beardsley, Stuck and the rigour of Behrens. The subtlety of his brushstrokes highlights his strange compositions in which animals and fantasy beings are often combined in erotic postures. He provided numerous drawings for a variety of magazines ( ...
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 14 April 1868, in Hamburg; died 27 February 1940, in Berlin.
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, architect, designer, decorative artist, graphic designer. Posters, furniture, wallpaper, carpets, glassware, ceramics, table services, jewellery, silverwork, objets d'art, typefaces.
Jugendstil, functional school.
Die Sieben (Group of Seven), Deutscher Werkbund...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 1873, in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland).
Worker in precious metals. Designs (jewellery).
Jugendstil.
Arthur Berger was the son of a precious metal worker. After his training he worked in the studio of a jewellery-maker in Dresden. He taught at the Lehr und Versuchswerkstätte in Stuttgart. He worked after designs by Johann Vincenz von Cissarz, Kleinhempel and Karl Gross, among others....
Swiss, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in Germany.
Born 31 December 1849, in St Gall; died 1921, in Planegg.
Architect, painter, decorative designer, theorist. Designs (furniture/fabrics/metal objects/ceramics).
Jugendstil.
From 1868 to 1871 Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas was a student of architecture with Gottfried Sempers in Zurich. After graduating he abandoned architecture while he was living in Frankfurt, to go and train as a painter in Munich (...
German, 20th century, male.
Active in the USA.
Born 15 March 1883, in Stuttgart; died 29 May 1972, in New York.
Painter, sculptor, graphic designer, poster artist, illustrator, architect, designer, decorative artist. Designs for carpets, advertising art, furniture, lamps, wallpaper.
Jugendstil.
Deutscher Werkbund.
Lucian Bernhard studied painting at the Kunstakademie in Munich, but taught himself design. He was active in Berlin. In ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 1873, in Munich; died 1933, in Bad Nauheim.
Tapestry maker, glassmaker, interior designer. Designs (furniture).
Jugendstil.
Karl Bertsch was a self-taught tapestry maker. In 1902, with Adelbert Niemeyer, he created a workshop making furniture and interior decoration items, which they called the Müncher Werkstätten für Wohnungseinrichtung. In ...
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Potter, sculptor, architect. Jewellery.
Jugendstil.
Hermann Robert Bichweiler was active between 1872 and 1893 in Hamburg, where he had his own studio. His ornaments are characteristic of a specific style peculiar to Hamburg.
Hamburg (Mus. für Kunst und Gewerbe)
Swiss, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 31 July 1863, in Rolle (Vaud); died 1948, in Lausanne.
Painter, engraver, decorative artist. Figure compositions, figures, portraits. Murals, designs for stained glass, furniture.
Art Nouveau.
Ernest Bieler was the uncle of André Charles Bieler. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. He divided his time between the mountainous regions of the Valais and the shores of Lake Geneva; his body of work evokes the everyday life of the peasant communities in the Valais and the Canton of Vaud at the beginning of the twentieth century. Bieler was commissioned to paint compositions for the ceiling of the Victoria hall in Geneva; decorative panels and windows for the federal government building in Bern; stained glass windows for the Vevey church of St-Martin; and decorations for the vintners' festival. Additionally, he exhibited woodcut engravings and designed furniture....
