Art Nouveau Bing
Subtitle: Paris style 1900
By: by Gabriel P. Weisberg.
Contributors: Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service.; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Publisher: Abrams; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905; Art Nouveau Bing (Firm); Art nouveau -- France -- Paris
Description: "The literature on Art Nouveau is extensive but little mention has been made of the man who created the name, Siegfried Bing, a leading figure in fin de siecle decorative arts and a moving force in the style that swept through Western Europe and the United States. Weisberg, along with SITES, has produced a visually delightful, detailed tribute to this elusive but effective artist-entrepreneur. The catalog traces Bing's life, involvement in Japanese arts, the creation of the gallery "L'Art Nouveau" and the atelier that flourished under his supervision. It was a union of art and industry aimed at design reform with an international style and no distinction between major or minor, fine or applied arts. Useful for art libraries." -- Metropolitan Museum Library staff.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [282]-286.
"Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and shown from September 1986 through September 1987 at the Virginian Museum of Fine Arts ... [et al.]"--P. 7.
Includes index.