Published on the occasion of the exhibition "L'Art Nouveau, la Maison Bing," presented at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Nov. 26, 2004-Feb. 27, 2005; the Museum Villa Stuck, Münich, Mar. 17-July 31, 2005; the CaixaForum, Barcelona, Sept. 2005-Jan. 2006; and the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, March-July, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289) and index.
Contents:
Opening of la Maison de L'Art Nouveau, Bing and Belgium / Philippe Thiébaut. Family affair, from Hamburg to Paris and beyond / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Appreciation and study of Japanese art / Christine Shimizu -- Creation of Japonisme / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Arts ambassador for Europe and America / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Opening of la Maison de L'Art Nouveau, Bing and Belgium / Philippe Thiébaut. Bing's influence and place in the art of his time / Rüdiger Joppien. Bing and England / Évelyne Possémé -- Redesigning the home, Bing's art nouveau workshops / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Bing art nouveau pavilion at the world's fair of 1900, 'new' art from old / Karine Lacquemant -- Bing and interior decoration, the example of the Château de Trévarez / Évelyne Possémé -- Bing's influence and place in the art of his time / Rüdiger Joppien.
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