Are Nouveau

Art Nouveau an international style of decoration and architecture which developed in the 1880s and 1890s. The name comes from the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in 1896 in Paris. Actually the movement had different names throughout Europe. In Germany they called it 'Jugendstil', from the magazine Diejugend published from 1896; in Italy 'Stile Liberty' or 'Floreale'; in Spain 'Modernista', in Austria 'Sezessionstil' and, interestingly enough, in France the English term 'Modern Style' …

…Barcelona. In Vienna, architects like Wagner, Hoffmann and Olbrich, and artists such as Klimt gathered to promote the style through the Secessionist magazine Ver Sacrum. In Germany, the movement split between the decorative tendencies of Otto Eckman (1865-1902) and the Pan magazine, and the streamlined design of Behrens. In America architects like Sullivan and Wright were influenced by European ideas but conceived Art Nouveau in different terms, whilst designers like Tiffany enthusiastically embraced the movement.