Replica of Louis Auguste Moreau: 2 vases "Marguerites" and "Coquelicot" in Bronze (antique green)

The Art Nouveau was the German name for art between 1890 and 1910. The name comes from the magazine "Jugend", which was published in Munich from 1896. Internationally, the style is also referred to as Art Nouveau (France), Modern Style (England) or Sezessionstil (Austria). The Art Nouveau conquered all of Europe and there were countless objects, the spectrum of which extends from painting, the arts and crafts to architecture. A requirement of Art Nouveau was the artistic form of everyday objects, ie beauty and expediency should be connected. The required unity of the artistic could only be achieved by individually shaped form design, which made the Art Nouveau into a precursor of modernity. The essential feature of Art Nouveau is a linear, often asymmetrical ornamentation, the role models of which are primarily to be found in nature and fauna.