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Cover to “The Inland Printer,” William Bradley, Christmas 1899

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Advertisement for “Deutsche-Kunst und Dekoration,” circa 1899

The artist here is a little tough to nail down.  Most websites attribute it to Alfons Mucha, but a few attribute it to German graphic designer Joseph Rudolf Witzel.

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“Girl’s Head,” Koloman Moser, 1899

Indian ink on cardboard.

What’s most striking to me about Moser’s turn-of-the-century art is how often it can resemble an especially cool 1960’s album cover.

 

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Poster for “Frommes Kalender,” Koloman Moser, 1899

Color lithograph.

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Illustration from “Nausicaa,” by artist Gaston de Latenay, 1899

A dear friend introduced me just yesterday to the art of “Nausicaa.” If I understand correctly, it was a French illustrated interpretation of the character’s story from Homer’s “Odyssey.”

 

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Konstantin Korovin’s “Tatiana Larina’s Dream,” 1899

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John William Godward’s “L’Oracle de Delphes,” 1899