Violin played by Titanic bandmaster sold for world record $1.4 million at Henry Aldridge and Sonĭulwich Picture Gallery presents first major exhibition dedicated to Whistler's time in London 'Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia' opens at the British Museum The man behind the emperor: Augustus show opens at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome Further to the huge success of the 1925 Paris exhibition, French architects, artists and designers were invited to demonstrate their talents in major cities all over the

The last major section focusses on the global resonance of this aesthetic movement. Next comes a large sequence devoted to the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs and Industriels Modernes, the name of which led to the coining of the term «Art Déco». The exhibition then presents major French designers whose 1910≡919 output already bore distinctive Art Déco features: architects Henri Sauvage and Auguste Perret, designer André Véra, fashion designer Paul Poiret and interior designer Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann. It starts with a comparative study of differences and points in common with Art Nouveau using plans, mock-ups and photographs of Henri Sauvages Villa Majorelle in Nancy and Robert Mallet-Stevens Villa Cavrois. The exhibition has been set up as a suite of sequences on themes striving to illustrate what lies behind Art Décos international success and its influence in various forms of artistic expression. Born of the impetus driving French artists such as architects Henri Sauvage, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Roger-Henri Expert and Pierre Patout, designers André Véra, Louis Süe, André Mare and Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, fashion designers Paul Poiret and Jean Patou and sculptors Martel, Janniot and Sarrabezolles, it is the product of a vision shared by various artistic spheres. With its sleek, powerful geometric lines, Art Déco style (1919-1940) stands out thanks to its lively appeal.

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