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| | + | Hohenstein shares honor as the father of the Italian poster with Giovanni Mataloni, an early poster artist from Rome who worked at Ricordi for a few years. Hohenstein was born in Russia of German parents, and came to Ricordi in 1889. As its artistic director, he was at full stage center in the nascent Art Nouveau poster movement in Italy, known there as Stile Liberty. Little is known about his life, but his art clearly shows that he was deeply influenced by Mucha and was more than familiar with French Art Nouveau, German Jugendstil, and the Vienna Secession. His posters utilized dramatic effects of light, space and color, offering an intensity which appealed to the Italian temperment perfectly. |
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Revision as of 15:47, 16 June 2007
About
- Hohenstein, Adolfo (1854-1928)
Hohenstein shares honor as the father of the Italian poster with Giovanni Mataloni, an early poster artist from Rome who worked at Ricordi for a few years. Hohenstein was born in Russia of German parents, and came to Ricordi in 1889. As its artistic director, he was at full stage center in the nascent Art Nouveau poster movement in Italy, known there as Stile Liberty. Little is known about his life, but his art clearly shows that he was deeply influenced by Mucha and was more than familiar with French Art Nouveau, German Jugendstil, and the Vienna Secession. His posters utilized dramatic effects of light, space and color, offering an intensity which appealed to the Italian temperment perfectly.
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