Eugene Grasset’s original lithograph, Napoleon in Egypt Is printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published in New York by ‘the century’ June 1895 and is signed by Grasset with his monogram in the lower left corner. Napoleon in Egypt is a fine original example of the art created by the French artist, Eugene Samuel Grasset.
He had been linked with the art movement Art Nouveau in France. His images often show women with long flowing hair and designs in the Art Nouveau style. It said that his work in the poster field had a massive impact on art. He also created two posters in 1895 called Napoleon for century magazine. The posters are ‘the sun of Australites’ and ‘Napoleon in Egypt.
In 1898 he drew a block typographical alphabet which inspired many people to do the same thing. In 2012 Dick Pape created a few typefaces based on Grassets alphabets.
How does this relate to Art Nouveau and their style of art and design.
- Eugenes work relates to Art Nouveau because he uses most of the key features in Art Nouveau work. He uses the subject of women who have long hair, which is painted in the same way as other Art Nouveau artists. They have also used the subject of nature in the background of his work, which is a common subject that would be used in other art nouveau artists.
why they are important in the early stages of graphic design
- Grasset turned to Graphic Design in 1877; he created different designs on products such as postcards and postage stamps. His poster design has been well known and has been used with a lithograph, he has also created his own typefaces to advertise and convey a message to an audience.
what else they did that was important in a creative sense
- Aswell as his work in Graphic Design and Art Nouveau. Grasset has been inspired by Japanese art, which has even been influenced in his own work. In between 1869 and 1970, Grasset had moved onto working on painting and sculpting and in 1871 he created furniture, fabric, tapestries aswell as ceramics and jewellery.
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