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The ninth edition of World Art Nouveau Day will be dedicated to the theme of Animals in Art Nouveau.
Fauna and flora have always played a key role in this style. Used to decorate buildings, objects and furniture, nature has influenced the curved and abstract lines that make Art Nouveau unique. It was mainly the industrialisation of the late 19th century that led some artists to consider nature as a new artistic style, although nature has always been idealised in art, from the Classical period to the Renaissance and up to the present day.
In Art Nouveau, fauna found its place in various decorations, particularly in jewellery and ornaments. Animals such as butterflies, dragonflies, peacocks or snakes served as models for the Art Nouveau movement.
RANN Members participation
Pegasus the Concert Hall of Palau de la Música Catalana designed by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner | Pablo Gargallo, 1905 – 1908, Barcelona (Spain) ©Matteo Vecchi 
Villa Bernasconi, Cernobbio (CO) | Alfredo Campanini, 1905-1906, Lombardia, Italy ©Villa Bernasconi, Ph. Andrea Butti 
Stylised doves on the ceiling of the Salon bleu | 1907, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland)
©Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds, A. Henchoz
Jugendstilsenteret | Alesund (Norway)
©KristinStoylen
Filigreed wrought iron gate grills with flowers and birds in the Trinkkuranlage | Ernst Riegel, 1911, Bad Nauheim (Germany)
©Bad Nauheim Stadtmarketing und Tourismus GmbH
Tile panel in the Art Nouveau Museum | Sacavém Factory, 1907-1909, Aveiro (Portugal)
@CMAveiro
Mosaic Niche | Albin Müller, 1914, Darmastdt (Germany)
©InstitutMathildenhöhe
Wrought iron tripod planter stand | late 19th – early 20th century, Terrassa (Spain) ©MdT 
Detail of the building in 2 Smilšu iela | Konstantīns Pēkšēns, 1902, Riga (Latvia)
©Marika Vanaga
Vase from the Ceramic and Glass collection of the Museum of Applied Arts of Budapest | Artúr Lakatos, ca. 1900-1905, Budapest (Hungary) ©Museum of Applied Arts 
Municipal Savings Bank | Josip Vancaš, 1903-1904, Ljubljana (Slovenia) ©Blaž Zupančič 
Double door handle of the entrance hall of Victor Horta’s personal house | Victor Horta, ca. 1893-1905, Brussels (Belgium) ©Musée Horta, Saint-Gilles 
Stained glass window located in the aquarium in the garden of the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy | Jacques Gruber, 1904, Nancy (France) ©Nancy, musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, photo. Ville de Nancy
The theme-related photos of our members are published periodically on our Facebook page.
©All rights reserved, complete credit on request
All the photographs received are available on Pinterest
RANN Members activites
RANN members have organised local activities to celebrate the 2021 World Art Nouveau Day. The whole programme is available here.
RANN Activities
Photo Contest
In 2021, RANN’s World Art Nouveau Day Photo Contest was dedicated to Animals in Art Nouveau.
Nature has always played an essential role in this style. In Art Nouveau, fauna found its place in various decorations, particularly in jewellery and ornaments. Animals such as butterflies, dragonflies, peacocks, or snakes served as models for the Art Nouveau movement.
The event was published on Facebook
Winners
The prize for the most likes and the jury prize for the youngest participant was awarded to Dominika Tokarz
The Frog House in Bielsko-Biała | Emanuel Rost, 1903, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
©Dominika Tokarz
The prize for the best hidden animal was awarded to Elisende Coladan
Masque hibou | Paul Hamesse, Hôtel Cohn-Donnay, 1904, Brussels (Belgium)
© Elisende Coladan
Mansion from 1841 transformed and furnished in 1904 by Hamesse, which became in 1981 the brewery-restaurant “De Ultieme Hallucinatie”.
The prize for the most fantastic animal was awarded to Caroline Isart
Daum Vase | Daum, 1904, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy (France)
©Paradis
The prize for the scariest animal was awarded to Luigi Matteoni
Monster | Unknown artist, Genova (Italy)
©Luigi Matteoni
