Art Nouveau

Original antique advertising poster for The Sunday Journal 5 July 1896 featuring a colourful Belle Epoque design by Ernest Haskell (1876-1925) for the Independence Day celebrations s...

An original lithograph on thin wove paper by French artist Ludovic Alleaume (1859-1941) titled "Phalene et Feux Follets", 1904. Edition size unknown. Printer unknown and published by Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne in Paris, France. Comes with original tissue cover sleeve. Presently archivally hinged to a light beige backing paper as originally issued. Sheet size: 8.13" x 5.75". Image size: 7.75" x 5.5". A strong impression in excellent condition. Beautiful piece. This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Ludovic Alleaume is born 24 March 1859 Angers, Maine-et-Loire . He is the son of Augustus Symphorien Alleaume (1821-1895) and Rose Hodée (1827-1909) . His father is the author of Patents of Invention, containing watches, published in 1873 . Student of the Regional School of Fine Arts of Angers from the artist Eugène Brunclair he became apprentice painters decorators in Angers. He then joined the School of Fine Arts in Paris where he was admitted in the workshops of Ernest Hébert and Luc-Olivier Merson ). Ludovic Alleaume is primarily a portraitist . In 1883, he started the Salon of French artists . He is the brother of Auguste Alleaume , stained glass specialist. Multidisciplinary artist, he participated in his workshop in Laval from 1893 to 1937, also working with his other brother Paul (1856-1940), editor-cutter. It also produces wall murals along with Ladislas Dymkovski , related to his family. It is he who will command the drawings that his brothers and some windows so he worked with Lecomte and Colin in Rennes, Jacques-Philippe Imberton, Henri Carot , Louis-Charles-Marie Champigneulle (1853-1905 ) in Paris, François Comère Brussels Haudecoeur in Lille, and with Pierre-Jules Boulanger (1833-1911), master glassmaker in Rouen. Many times decorated for his painting, he obtained the Legion of Honour in 1927. He works as an illustrator for the magazine of Britain, The Journal of Anjou and The Illustrated World. He divides his time between the boulevard Saint-Germain Paris studio and his brother's workshop. Ludovic Alleaume dies 14...

F Huet, (French, circa 1920) Colombes du l’ete Oil on canvas laid down on board Signed ‘F HUET 20’ (lower right) 53.1/2 x 67.3/8 in. (136 x 171 cm.) (including frame) Painted in Ju...

Fine art lithograph recreation of the original french advertising poster created by PAL(Jean de Paleologue) Hand crafted by French trained master ar...