De oorsprong van Art Nouveau - Het Bing imperium

The opening of Sigmund Bing's gallery L'Art Nouveau had been an eagerly expected event in the Paris art world throughout the latter half of 1895, since Bing first announced that he would be soon exhibiting artistic furniture. The doors finally opened on 26 December 1895 as visitors poured in at 22 Rue de Provence to admire Bing's collection.Beginning with Bing's special feeling for Asian art, the author discusses his many other eclectic interests in art. Over 300 colour illustrations show the objects that were traded in his gallery: Tiffany glass, paintings and sculptures by Henri Toulouse Lautrec, Rodin, Claudel and Vuillard, as well furniture, ceramics and jewellery by Van de Velde, Colonna, De Feure and Gaillard.The book is based on extensive archive research, tracing destinations of the art objects that Bing traded to collectors and museums or sponsored personally. The authors show how one man, an art dealer, became an international trendsetter who influenced the canon in Europe and the US. The result is a renewed appreciation of Sigmund Bing's role as the principal founder of the new style that carries the name of his gallery: Art Nouveau