1/ Austrian artist & graphic designer Koloman Moser (1868-1918) was one of the main artists of the Vienna Secession.
In this portfolio (Flachenschmuck) from 1900 he presented 31 wonderful designs for carpets, wallpaper etc. Here 1st 4 of these plates. Remaining plates in thread:
2/ Koloman Moser. Plates 5-8 from the year 1900. #ViennaSecession
1/ Amazing. Art Nouveau stained glass window designs from the 1914 catalog of the "National Ornamental Glass Manufacturers Association of the United States and Canada".
The ultimate Art Deco cars from the 1930's. Clockwise top left: Bugatti Arolithe, 1935. Peugeot 492 Darlmat Coupe, 1936. Chrysler Imperial Model C220 Airflow, 1934. Talbot Lago T150 CSS Teardrop Coupe, 1938.
Part 2 of ultimate Art Deco cars from the 1930's. Everything about these designs and shapes are perfect. Clockwise from top left: Hispano-Suiza H6B "Xenia," 1938. Delahaye 135M Figoni Roadster, 1938. Chrysler Thunderbolt, 1941. Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow, 1933.
📸 Peter Harholdt
There are many more wonderful Art Deco styled cars from the 1930's. The Tatra 97, produced in Czechoslovakia from 1936-1939, is nothing more than spectacular. Btw, the Tatra company still exists in the Czech Republic, they make trucks.
1/ Stunning high resolution images of illustrations by German biologist &artist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) from his 1904 book Art Forms in Nature (Kunstformen der Natur). These drawings of flora &fauna influenced the Art Nouveau movement. It's not hard to see why and how. A THREAD