Art Nouveau Antiques for Sale.

The art nouveau style literaly means new art and gets its name from a design shop, La Maison de l'Art Nouveau, which German entrepreneur Siegfried Bing opened in Paris in 1895.

WMF Art Nouveau Figural Tray

The art nouveau designers rejected the inspiration of classical european art and instead looked to Japanese, Celtic and other folk art as a basis for their work.

This can be seen in works by artists such as Gustav Klimt.

Typical art nouveau motifs come from nature: flowers, insects and birds.

Lines curve and flow as straight lines were scorned by the art nouveau designers.

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