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Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (Father: Vincent Paul Beardsley; Mother: Ellen Agnus Pitt; Sister: Mabel Beardsley, an actress and frequent model) Born : August 21, 1872 (Brighton, England) was the quintessential enfant terrible of the late-Victorian era.
Hector Guimard
Hector-Germain Guimard (Spouse: Adeline Oppenheim, a painter) was the preeminent architect and designer of the French Art Nouveau movement. His work was defined by a radical rejection of classical symmetry in favor of “biomorphic” forms—designs
René Lalique
René Jules Lalique (Parents: Jean-Louis Lalique and Olympe Barthélemy; Spouses: Marie-Louise Lambert and Augustine-Alice Ledru; Children: Suzanne and Marc Lalique) was a preeminent French glass designer and jeweler who became one of the defining voices
Alphonse Mucha
Alfons Maria Mucha (Parents: Ondřej Mucha and Amálie Muchová; Spouse: Marie Chytilová; Children: Jaroslava and Jiří) was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, widely regarded as the definitive master of the Art Nouveau movement.
Victor Horta
Victor Pierre Horta (Parents: Petrus Horta and Henriette Coenen; Spouses: Pauline Heyse and Julia Carlsson) was a visionary Belgian architect and designer, widely recognized as one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (Parents: Edmond Khnopff, a wealthy magistrate, and Léonie Dominique; Siblings: Georges, a poet/musician, and Marguerite, his lifelong muse and model; Spouse: Gartha Foley, though they separated after a brief marriage)
William Morris
William Morris (Parents: William Morris Sr. and Emma Shelton; Spouse: Jane Burden; Children: Jenny and May Morris) was a revolutionary figure in design history, a polymath who fundamentally changed the way we perceive domestic interiors
Peter Carl Fabergé
Петер Карл Фаберже (Russian) Real name and family : Karl Gustavovich Fabergé (Father: Gustav Fabergé, a jeweler; Mother: Charlotte Jungstedt; Spouse: Augusta Julia Jacobs; four sons, all of whom became jewelers) Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920)
Mikhail Vrubel
Михаил Врубель | Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Father: Alexander Mikhailovich Vrubel, a military lawyer; Mother: Anna Grigoryevna Basargina; Spouse: Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, a prominent opera singer) Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910) was a visionary Russian painter, draftsman, and sculptor
Valentin Serov
Валентин Александрович Серов (Russian) Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Father: Alexander Serov, a composer and music critic; Mother: Valentina Serova, a composer; Spouse: Olga Trubnikova) Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (1865–1911) was one of the premier portrait artists of
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan) Real name and family : Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Father: Francesc Gaudí i Serra, a coppersmith; Mother: Antònia Cornet i Bertran) Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was a visionary Catalan architect and
Ivan Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Parents: Yakov Ivanovich Bilibin, a naval physician, and Varvara Alexandrovna; Spouses: Maria Chambers, Renée O’Connell, Alexandra Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya) Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876–1942) was a highly influential Russian illustrator and stage designer who brought
Winsor McCay
Zenas Winsor McCay (Parents: Robert McCay and Janet Murray; Spouse: Maude Leonore Dufour; Children: Robert and Marion) was a pioneering American cartoonist and animator whose visionary work laid the foundational grammar for both the comic
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (Parents: Count Alphonse and Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec) was a towering, if physically diminished, figure of the Parisian Belle Époque. Born into an ancient aristocratic family, his life was irrevocably
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (Father: Ernst Klimt the Elder, a gold engraver; Mother: Anna Klimt; Brothers: Ernst Klimt and Georg Klimt; Life companion: Emilie Flöge) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (Father: Vincent Paul Beardsley; Mother: Ellen Agnus Pitt; Sister: Mabel Beardsley, an actress and frequent model) Born : August 21, 1872 (Brighton, England) was the quintessential enfant terrible of the late-Victorian era.
Hector Guimard
Hector-Germain Guimard (Spouse: Adeline Oppenheim, a painter) was the preeminent architect and designer of the French Art Nouveau movement. His work was defined by a radical rejection of classical symmetry in favor of “biomorphic” forms—designs
René Lalique
René Jules Lalique (Parents: Jean-Louis Lalique and Olympe Barthélemy; Spouses: Marie-Louise Lambert and Augustine-Alice Ledru; Children: Suzanne and Marc Lalique) was a preeminent French glass designer and jeweler who became one of the defining voices
Alphonse Mucha
Alfons Maria Mucha (Parents: Ondřej Mucha and Amálie Muchová; Spouse: Marie Chytilová; Children: Jaroslava and Jiří) was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, widely regarded as the definitive master of the Art Nouveau movement.
Victor Horta
Victor Pierre Horta (Parents: Petrus Horta and Henriette Coenen; Spouses: Pauline Heyse and Julia Carlsson) was a visionary Belgian architect and designer, widely recognized as one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (Parents: Edmond Khnopff, a wealthy magistrate, and Léonie Dominique; Siblings: Georges, a poet/musician, and Marguerite, his lifelong muse and model; Spouse: Gartha Foley, though they separated after a brief marriage)
William Morris
William Morris (Parents: William Morris Sr. and Emma Shelton; Spouse: Jane Burden; Children: Jenny and May Morris) was a revolutionary figure in design history, a polymath who fundamentally changed the way we perceive domestic interiors
Peter Carl Fabergé
Петер Карл Фаберже (Russian) Real name and family : Karl Gustavovich Fabergé (Father: Gustav Fabergé, a jeweler; Mother: Charlotte Jungstedt; Spouse: Augusta Julia Jacobs; four sons, all of whom became jewelers) Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920)
Mikhail Vrubel
Михаил Врубель | Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Father: Alexander Mikhailovich Vrubel, a military lawyer; Mother: Anna Grigoryevna Basargina; Spouse: Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, a prominent opera singer) Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910) was a visionary Russian painter, draftsman, and sculptor
Valentin Serov
Валентин Александрович Серов (Russian) Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Father: Alexander Serov, a composer and music critic; Mother: Valentina Serova, a composer; Spouse: Olga Trubnikova) Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (1865–1911) was one of the premier portrait artists of
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan) Real name and family : Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Father: Francesc Gaudí i Serra, a coppersmith; Mother: Antònia Cornet i Bertran) Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was a visionary Catalan architect and
Ivan Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Parents: Yakov Ivanovich Bilibin, a naval physician, and Varvara Alexandrovna; Spouses: Maria Chambers, Renée O’Connell, Alexandra Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya) Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876–1942) was a highly influential Russian illustrator and stage designer who brought
Winsor McCay
Zenas Winsor McCay (Parents: Robert McCay and Janet Murray; Spouse: Maude Leonore Dufour; Children: Robert and Marion) was a pioneering American cartoonist and animator whose visionary work laid the foundational grammar for both the comic
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (Parents: Count Alphonse and Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec) was a towering, if physically diminished, figure of the Parisian Belle Époque. Born into an ancient aristocratic family, his life was irrevocably
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (Father: Ernst Klimt the Elder, a gold engraver; Mother: Anna Klimt; Brothers: Ernst Klimt and Georg Klimt; Life companion: Emilie Flöge) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members
