La Vague (The Wave) (Primary Title)
Henri Privat-Livemont, Belgian, 1861–1936 (Artist)
By the end of the 19th century, Japanese art had become widely circulated in Europe, and among the most popularized works of art was Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760-1849) Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Drawing inspiration from the famed woodblock print, the Belgian designer Henri Privat-Livemont created this composition of a sirenic woman emerging from the sea’s waves. Typical of Privat-Livemont’s ornamental design style, the figure’s hair is adorned with shimmering shells and pearls, like jewels from the sea.
John and Maria Shugars Fund
For Berthon:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Grasset:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Orazi:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Livemont:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Grasset:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Orazi:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
For Livemont:
L’Art Nouveau. La Révolution decorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, April 18-Sept. 8, 2013
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