Art Nouveau Posters and Prints

This month an exhibition entitled Art Nouveau Bing: The Paris Style 1900 will open at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York. The exhibit of about two hundred pieces, including posters, prints, furniture, and decorative art objects, explores the international influence of Siegfried Bing (1835-1905), one of the earliest supporters of Art Nouveau. In the following article, Professor Richard C. Flint focuses on one of the most popular and enduring aspects of Art Nouveau: the poster and print.