Poster Art

Especially two schools of art have dominated the history of posters, namely the dynamic and organic Art Nouveau (aka Jugend) from the 1880s to the beginning of WWI, and the geometric and stylized Art Déco which was a reaction to the dynamic lines and often frivolous subject matters of Art Nouveau.  The heydays of Art Déco were the 1920s and 30s, but its influence could be noticed up till the 60s, when  Art Nouveau made its reappearance in the form of so-called "Hippie Art".

Famous artists of Art Nouveau are Czech Alfons Mucha, Belgian Henri Privat-Livemont and French Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen and Jules Grün. But these are just a fraction of the many talented artists who have put their mark on Art Nouveau.

ART NOUVEAU

ART DÉCO