Art Nouveau

 Bil-Bol, Poster for an Automobile.1907

Finland's National Gallery 

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)

 The poster Bilbol (1907), designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela  marked the beginning of the history of Finnish posters, linking the influence of French tradition and Art Nouveau of Finland.The result was Bil-Bol, the classic of Finnish poster art.

CZ-1101149
Monaco-Monte Carlo 1897
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939 )
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,518 km
sent by Romi from Sazovice

DE-5725143
 Fulfilment, 1905
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,606 km
sent by Sabrina from Schwandorf

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Folies Bergère, Fleur de Lotus, 1893
Art Nouveau poster for the Ballet Pantomime
Jules Chéret (1836-1932) France
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,968 km
sent by Jessica,  Fontainebleau, France

Jules Chéret has been called the father of the modern poster.

Palau Güell, Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Gaudi  (1852 -1926 )

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, and one-of-a-kind style. The Palau Güell  (Güell Palace) is a mansion designed by Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell and built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".

Most of Gaudi's works are located in Barcelona, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família.

Coffee break

 Henri Meunier Belgian (1873-1922)  Rajah Coffee, 1900

Henri Meunier was a Belgian Art Nouveau lithographer, etcher, illustrator, bookbinder and poster designer of the Belle Époque.

My art collection. 

Ladies on a coffee break, writing letters and talking on a telephone.

 Travel time 20 days

Distance travelled 14,789 km

 Received 31 May, 2017 

 Sent by Rosie, Australia

Photobaristas / Espresso Bar, 2010

Travel time 119 days

Distance travelled 1,582 km

Received 8 Nov, 2017

Sent by Raymonda, Netherlands. 

This is her second card, the first one didn't arrive.

Dreaming girl
minorpostcards. Finland

travel time 4 days
distance travelled 169 km
 Received 3 Oct, 2014

Sent by Mari, Finland

Germany

Travel time 13 days

distance traveled 1,579 km

9 Oct, 2017 received from Michael, Germany

Art Nouveau water tower, Mönchengladbach,  Getmany

This building has a special shape, it was built in 1908-09,  it is 51 m high and the architect was Otto Greiß.

Mönchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.

Schöne Grüsse aus Regensburg. View over the Danube 

Stone bridge and Regensburg cathedral, cathedral of St. Peter 

Unesco World Cultural Heritage

Sent by Daniel on 7 Jan 2017 from Regensburg

travel time 8 days

distance traveled 1,635 km

received on 16 Jan, 2017 

Cats in art

 

Max Raffler  (1902 - 1988 ) Cats

Max Raffler was a German visual artist. His work has been shown widely and published in a number of books in Germany, and he remains one of that country’s most well known naive painters.  His subjects were often images of the rural countryside, and religious pictures that were encouraged by a local priest and shown in the church. Other images include self-portraits and paintings of cats, as well as illustrations of children’s stories.

 Julius Adam (1852-1914)  Kitten Carriage, 

Cat painting was very popular during the 19th century. I think Julius liked cats and was quite talented capturing them in action. 

Martin Leman  ( 1934) " Her Mistress Voice " 

  Martin Leman has been best known for his exquisite paintings of cats. He is one of the most popular contemporary British artists. Leman has been described as 'the most sophisticated of 'naïve' British artists, but unlike many so-called naïve or primitive painters, he had a thorough artistic training.

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen  "Le Chat Noir" ("The Black Cat")

"Le Chat Noir" ("The Black Cat") was a Parisian, bohemian night club in the late 1800s. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen painted this poster as an advertisement for Le Chat Noir.