nenuphar water lily 8 fine art print maurice pillard verneuil japanesevintage #japan Shōtei blended Western realism with

Shōtei blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Yōsai school

Creator: Abbott Handerson Thayer

Leo Gestel (11 November 1881

the celebrated series in which Haeckel reframed the animal kingdom as a source of ornament and design

he saw pattern and structure everywhere in nature

nenuphar water lily 8 fine art print maurice pillard verneuil japanesevintage #japan Shōtei blended Western realism with"La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales" by Maurice Pillard Verneuil (18691942) French artist and decorator in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movement is about plants and their decorative applications (24 sets with 3 motifs each). Verneuil studied and developed his style under Eug Grasset, a Franco Swiss pioneer of Art Nouveau design. He is known for his contributions to the Art Deco movement through the use of bold floral designs on ceramic tiles,