The movement of Art Noveau started a new style for new artists. This movement begins in 1890 and ended in 1910, but there were some artists who kept the style of the Art Noveau still going. One artist who used the Art Noveau style was Alphonse Maria. He started out having a rough time with his art and trying to sell it too. Eventually, he became an illustrator and designed posters for cigarette papers, theatrical performances, and champagne bottles. Alphonse was influenced by Paul Gauguin’s art and style. Gauguin had a certain style that dealt with curvy lines and decorative clothes. Alphonse picked up the curvy lines from Gauguin and incorporated it into his designs. Alphonse was famous for his designs when he was pushed into doing posters for Sarah Bernhardt. Sarah Bernhardt needed some posters done for the theatre, and the company she usually get her posters printed from had no designers to create her posters. So Alphonse was chosen to create the posters for her and he has done them for her from then on. Alphonse did paintings, sculptures, posters, and decorative panels. The two designs I have picked from Alphonse Maria was decorative panels I have found on his official website. The two panels are called Zodiac and Reverie. These panels are very decorative with flowers weaving throughout the design and the use of curvy lines with the hair that makes the hair looks like it is flowing in the wind. Alphonse incorporates the style of Art Noveau into these panels. He is well known for the curvy lines in the hair and how he uses different shapes into the background to make the figure in the foreground seem three-dimensional. He uses a lot of natural colors like browns, greens, and reds for the background, and he uses vibrant colors for the hair of the figure and any jewels on the figure too. I think these panels and some of his other designs are beautiful and goes with the style of Art Noveau.
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