The sinuous, flowing lines and incorporation of naturalistic motifs are typical of Art Nouveau design (known in Germany as Jugendstil). Nonetheless, other Victorian stylistic influences are also evident, including Baroque revival in the stylized ribbons of seaweed or overlapping arthropods, and a sensibility derived from Japanese woodblock prints and folding screens in which the animals overlap geometric shapes. Some of the prints incorporate a decorative monogram or signature formed from Seder’s initials (A.S.) as part of the composition.<\/p>\n
Anton Seder, a painter from Munich, was the first director of the Ecole Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs (College of Decorative Arts), founded in 1890 by the city of Strasbourg as part of a plan for the artistic revival of the region. He remained as director until 1920 and also designed the decorative facade of the school\u2019s building. Strasbourg had been ceded by France to Germany in 1871, and was returned to France in 1918. Therefore, the cultural environment was a mixture of French and German influences. Seder co-edited the magazine Das Kunstgewerbe in Elsass-Lothringen [The Arts and Crafts in Alsace-Lorraine]<\/strong>. His designs were also included in many periodicals of decorative arts designs, issued as chromolithographs. Seder\u2019s best known separate works are Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe [The Plant in Art and Trade] (<\/strong>Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna: 1890), which incorporated plants into decorative motifs, and Das Thier in Der Decorativen Kunst [Animals in Decorative Art]<\/strong> (Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna: 1896-1909), similarly incorporating animals and mythical dragons into decorative motifs.<\/p>\n The Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, had a copy of Seder\u2019s Das Thier<\/strong> in its library, and produced a silver pitcher in 1900 embellished with a dragon directly inspired by Seder\u2019s title page. Indeed, collections of prints like Das Thier<\/strong> were popular at the turn of the century, providing source material for designers of fabrics, wallpaper, ceramics, book illustrations, posters, and advertisements. The leading Victorian publication of this type was Owen Jones\u2019s Grammar of Ornament<\/strong>, first issued in a folio edition in London in 1856. Other trendsetting styles in art, design, decoration and fashion came from Paris. The best know are probably the works by \u00c9mile-Alain S\u00e9guy incorporating butterfly and insect motifs, and those by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), a professor of zoology, at the University of Jena, Germany. Haeckel\u2019s scientific illustrations depicted aquatic organisms such as radiolarians, jellyfish, sea urchins and so forth in flowing, aesthetically striking compositions, such as were included in his work Kunstformen der Natur [Art Forms in Nature]<\/strong> (1899-1904). Other prolific publishers of this type of work were Armand Gu\u00e9rinet and Ars\u00e8ne Herbinier. Closely related to Seder\u2019s renditions of aquatic motifs were the designs of Emile Belet.<\/p>\n Condition: Each generally very good with the usual overall light toning and wear. Some with a bit handling with minor soiling. Some with bends, chips, short tears to outer edges in blank margins, all can be matted out.<\/p>\n References:<\/p>\n Breidbach, Olaf, Iren\u00e4us Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Richard Hartmann. Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel.<\/em> New York: Prestel, 1998.<\/p>\n Derville, Frank. \u201cEcole Sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs.” Art Nouveau World Wide.<\/em> 1993-2004. http:\/\/perso.wanadoo.fr\/artnouveau\/en\/villes\/strasbourg\/batiments\/academie01.htm (25 February 2005).<\/p>\n \u201cGorham Manufactoring Co.: A Martele Dragon Pitcher.” The British Antique Dealers\u2019 Association.<\/em> http:\/\/suntest.penseroso.com\/provenart\/dealer_stock_details.cgi?d_id=231&a_id=2085 (5 July 2005).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anton Seder (after) See other Art Nouveau Works on Our Site: Seder Plant Motifs | S\u00e9guy Butterflies | S\u00e9guy Insects<\/p>\n Imagery of animals, including marine life, reptiles, and birds incorporated into elaborate and innovative Art Nouveau designs, in a series of Anton Seder prints. Although most depict real animals in correct proportion and natural poses, a few plates portray mythical dragons. As an example, one composition integrates an assortment of shells with underwater flora into an artful still life. Another represents stylized fish in a series of compositions reminiscent of Japanese prints. The graceful curves of marine life such as lobsters, crabs and shrimp inspire complex flowing designs in several plates. Reptiles are represented in a lithograph that integrates five naturalistic studies of alligators and crocodiles in landscape settings and in another print comprised of fanciful arrangements of snakes with their sinuous curves. 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\nTh. Mayerhofer, M. Jaff\u00e9, E. Beck, A. Berger, Ch. Reisser, M. Werthner, et al. (lithographers and printers)
\nArt Nouveau Animal Designs<\/strong>
\nfrom Das Thier in der Decorativen Kunst Serie 1-2
\n[The Animal in Decorative Art Series 1 and 2]<\/strong><\/em>
\nGerlach & Schenk\/ Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna: 1896-1909
\nChromolithographs
\n14.5 x 19 inches, printed border, average approximate
\n17 x 22 inches, overall, average approximate
\n$450 to $750 each<\/p>\n