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Orsay acquires a work by Georges de Feure
17/11/23 - Acquisition - Paris, Musée d’Orsay - Siegfried Bing played a leading role in the revival of the decorative arts. In 1895, he opened his shop "L’Art nouveau" in Paris, which gave its name to the famous artistic movement that flourished throughout Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries under various names, including Arts and Crafts in the UK and Jugendstil in Germany. At the 1900 Universal Exhibition, it had its own pavilion, called "L’Art Nouveau Bing" (ill. 1 and 2). This ephemeral architecture was built by André Arfvidson. Georges de Feure was entrusted with the decoration of the façade, which he adorned with seven panels painted in oil on canvas, a surprising choice for an exterior décor. The iconography of the ensemble is not specified anywhere other than in…
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