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Walter Crane, Juno and her Birds, 1887, via Art & Vintage With their sumptuous ornamental feathers, elegant silhouettes and rich iridescent colors, peacocks were the Art Nouveau birds par excellence. I love watching the many different ways in which artists have played with such complex and fascinating imagery. Many thanks to the beautiful Peacock's Garden for some of the images in this post, go visit that enchanted place and you'll find much more. Will Bradley, The Modern Poster and The Kiss from Bradley: His Book, 1896 Eugène Grasset, two plates from L'animal dans la décoration, 1897, from NYPL Digital Gallery Gisbert Combaz, poster La Libre Esthétique, 1898, thanks to trialsanderrors I.J. Bilibin, illustration for Perysko Finista asna-sokola, 1899 Umberto Bottazzi, cover of Emporium, 1899 Galileo Chini, peacock tile, c.1900 from the exhibition Galileo Chini e la Toscana Alphonse Mucha, Bijouterie Fouquet, 1900 René Lalique, 1901 Albert Weisgerber, Pfauentanz from Jugend, 1902 Albert Turbayne poster, 1903
Alfred Barr cubism and abstract art timeline chart (click to expand) Early 20th century art movements The timeline illustration above highlights a concentration of art movements and genres occurring over a few decades around the turn of the 20th century. This chart was created by Alfred Barr, the first director from the Museum of Modern Art, NY for the 1936 exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art. Africanism, Orientalism and Aestheticism also fits into this period. Artists during this remarkable era had an uncanny ability to conceive original designs and conceptualize movements that possessed radical innovations relative to the more
A rare antique hair clip / barrette. The design is in the organic Secessionist aesthetic and would date to the late 1890s-1900. Three bright Peacock tail foiled beads radiate from it and give you eyes at the back or your head! It closes firmly and can be worn with confidence 7.75cm x 2.5cm In excellent vintage condition **International buyers please note that we are experiencing significant postal delays at the moment, I urge you to check delivery reliability in your home city too. Some postal systems are under additional pressure due to the Pandemic. All parcels sent from me will be trackable.
One of the oldest locations for the ceramic arts in Central Asia is situated in Rishtan, located in the Ferghana Valley, in Uzbekistan.
In reality it is a simple courtship display yet the striking fanned plumage of peacocks has fascinated people for thousands of years. From folklore to mythology to the history of a nation (it is the national bird of India), peacocks have both enchanted and drawn suspicion. To the peahen (female peacock), the peacock’s famous train made up of elongated tail “covert” feathers decorated with “ocelli” or eye spots is simply a test to determine the best mate. The greater the number of ocelli, the more attractive she finds the peacock. In ancient Greece, the ornamental eyes had a different significance. According to Greek mythology, the god Zeus was having an affair with the beautiful priestess Io. To hide the affair from his jealous wife, Hera, he turned Io into a cow. Hera, however, was not fooled by this and tricked Zeus into giving her the cow as a gift. Hera then sent her faithful servant Argus to protect the cow and since Argus was covered in one hundred eyes, he made a fine watchman. Zeus in turn dispatched Hermes to release Io from her captivity. Hermes accomplished this by lulling Argus and his many eyes into sleep and then killing him. To honor her faithful watchman, Hera took Argus’ eyes and placed them on the tail of her favorite bird - the peacock. Argus would certainly be proud of how the artists at Herend have immortalized him. Endearing animals meek and bold, large and small, demure and majestic eagerly await the chance to melt your heart and warm your home. Each is brought to life by the skilled hands of artisans crafting and painting these charming porcelain creatures. The famous fishnet décor adorning many of the animals took form in 1858 when a Herend painter became inspired by a fishscale design he saw on a Chinese porcelain plate and painted a similar pattern onto a rooster figurine to imitate feathers. The rest is history, with the fishnet design now a Herend signature prized worldwide. Now the biggest porcelain manufactory in Europe, Herend was founded in 1826 to produce earthenware in the small Hungarian village for which it was named. At the time, Hungary was flooded with low-cost pottery, but in 1839, Mor Fischer became the Manufactory’s new owner and he decided to focus on producing dinnerware replacement pieces for Europe’s royal families to complement their valuable porcelain patterns from Germany and the Far East. As his client base grew, Fischer commissioned his artists to begin designing dinnerware patterns of their own. Queen Victoria’s 1851 purchase of a large set for Windsor Castle was a milestone, setting the stage for aristocrats throughout Europe to clamor for Herend in their estates. In the 1850s, Herend added meticulously-crafted figurines to its creations. Herend’s trademark fishnet pattern, which is widely recognized and prized as Herend’s signature design, started in 1858 when an artist who was intrigued with a Chinese plate’s fish scale design painted it onto a rooster figurine to imitate feathers.
Peacock plate. Turkish Iznik blue and red - beautiful!
Fabulous antique Art Deco or Art Nuovo Cognac Jacquet large lithograph advertising poster by Camille Bouchet signed on linen backed canvas with a gilded wood frame. Marked on edge “Imp Publ Etabl VERCASSON, 6,r, Martel. PARIS. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, early 20th century. You know it’s been some kind of day when you walk into a bar and there it is, right before your eyes… A huge peacock standing proudly on the edge of the bar, his vibrant fancy tail feathers brushing the floor as his claw grips his bottle of cognac. Behind him, boasts a gorgeous bush of bright red roses, sweet smelling and in full bloom. Above him, the sun is setting in phenomenal colors of bright yellow and deep orange while bursts of sunlight peek through between the leaves of the trees in the distance… and it all draws you in… closer to the seat at the end of the bar. As you sit down, you nod at the peacock, still resting his claw on his cognac, cool and confident. You can hear the distant sounds of joyful birds chirping, soft water trickling, and the gentle summer breeze flicking through the leaves of the trees beside the outdoor bar, and you begin to let go of the day. The beautiful waitress is walking over to take your order, and on the juke box, a little Jimmy Buffet plays, and although he’s singing about a margarita, you know that all you want right now is whatever that peacock is having!! What a brilliant and creative advertisement poster!! This is a GORGEOUS original framed lithograph advertising poster printed on canvas and linen backed signed by French artist Camille Bouchet. There are plenty of prints and copies but rest assured, this is signed, original, and FABULOUS! It has a stunning gilded wood frame, and it’s measures 65 x 49.75 x 2… it’s HUGE!! This would be wonderful in an Art Deco or Art Nuovo dining room, on a wall in a large stairway, or over your dry bar. It would be fantastic in a sunroom or game room. The colors are amazing, the details are intricate, and the artistic quality is unmatchable. It will make you as “proud as a peacock” to display this beauty in your home. You simply must make it yours!! Art: • Piece size showing mat – 59.75 x 45 inches • Framed size –65 x 49.75 inches • Framed depth – 2 inches • Weight – 30 pounds Boxed size: • Height: 71 inches • Width: 56 inches • Depth: 8 inches • Weight: 50 pounds.
Lettering: Peacock (kongque)
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Peacocks are more than marvelous, wouldn't you agree? If you are a fan of them we have 30 different peacock tattoos for you to consider.
The first post to this blog in August 2009 was about a book with a peacock feather stamped in gold on the cover, The New Day by Richard Watson Gilder [Scribner, Armstrong, 1876]. It's worth re-reading that story, because there is a connection to Margaret Armstrong, whose peacock designs are below. Here's a photo of that book to refresh your memory. Click it to read the original post. Peacocks and peacock feathers were a pervasive image of the Aesthetic Movement, a symbol of beauty in nature. Whistler's Peacock Room of 1877 was a monumental tribute to this theme. Albert Angus Turbayne is sometimes thought of as a British designer, but he was a native of Boston, born in 1866. He lived and worked in England for much of his career, and was considered among the top book artists, creating designs for trade bindings and fine bindings with gauffered edges. The September, 1900 edition of The Artist [vol. 28, No. 248, pp. 212-217] has a nice illustrated feature titled "A. A. Turbayne's Book-Bindings at the Paris Exhibition" that will give you a sense of his work and stature at that time. Look particularly at the "'Maiolica' fore-edge by A. A. Turbayne" on p. 215. His most familiar work is an Art Nouveau peacock binding done for Macmillan's series of books by Thomas Love Peacock. A. A Turbayne Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1896 The stamping die is engraved with fine lines that reflect at different angles, so parts of the image light up differently as you move past the book or turn it in your hands. This is a variant of the technique that lit up the 1876 cover of The New Day. Turbayne was a master at monograms, and was the primary designer/artist of the book Monograms & Ciphers [London: T.C.& E.C. Jack, 1906]. At various times he worked for the London County Council School of Photoengraving and Lithography, for Carlton Studio, and as a book designer for Oxford University Press. His own cipher is: Like many book cover designers in this period, the British artist Paul Woodroffe was also an illustrator and worked in stained glass. For the Pre-Raphaelite writer Gertrude Hudson's romanticized tour of India that took a scathing look at British imperialism (writing as a man under the pseudonym Israfel), Woodroffe created a not-quite repeat pattern with two peacocks: Paul Woodroffe Ivory Apes & Peacocks by Israfel (Gertrude Hudson) New York, London: P Mansfield & A Wessels; At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1899 Margaret Armstrong, perhaps the most collected American book cover artist of the golden age, was also a stained glass designer, having studied with John LaFarge (as did Sarah Whitman and Alice Morse). She made a horizontally symmetrical peacock design in 1903 for Appleton's book on housekeeping for the wealthy. This cover uses bright and matte gold to achieve a lighting effect similar to the engraving on Turbayne's design, but here it is achieved by texturing the matte gold rather than hand engraving lines. Margaret Armstrong Millionaire Households by Mary Elizabeth Carter New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903 She reprised the concept a decade later for Crowell: Margaret Armstrong Twenty Centuries of Paris by Mabell S.C. Smith New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1913
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The first post to this blog in August 2009 was about a book with a peacock feather stamped in gold on the cover, The New Day by Richard ...
Peacocks are more than marvelous, wouldn't you agree? If you are a fan of them we have 30 different peacock tattoos for you to consider.
Namo The Golden-Hued Peacock King Bodhissatva Namo The Golden-Hued Peacock King Bodhissatva Namo The Golden-Hued Peacock King Bodhissatva Namo The Golden-Hued Peacock King Bodhissatva Namo The Gold…
Color plate showing various Art Nouveau ornaments inspired by peacock feathers
One of the more intriguing advertising items I have found recently was the use of a peacock by the August Schell Brewing Company of New Ulm, MN for their Malt Prohibition era drink. This beautiful lithograph features a pretty young woman staring admirably at a beautiful peacock which is standing next to her. I was…
