Main entry:

Seder, Anton.

Title & Author:

Das Thier in der dekorativen Kunst / von A. Seder.

Publication:

Wien : Gerlach & Schenk, [1896-1909]

Description:

2 volumes (1 leaf, 30 leaves of plates, including t.p.) : color illustrations (chromolithographs) ; 58 cm

Notes:
Title from cover of v.1. Publisher misidentified on cover as "Cerlach & Schenk".
Imprint from "Prospect." [i.e., prospectus] pasted on inner upper board of v.1.
Leaf with introduction signed in print: Strassburg, Elsass, 1896, Ant. Seder.
Plates numbered 1-29.
Plates signed by various printers and lithographers and dated 1891-1903.
A 1st series, "Wassertiere," containing 14 plates was published 1896 by Gerlach & Schenk; a 2nd series, "Vögel," containing 15 plates was published 1909 by Gerlach & Wiedling--GV.
Orginally planned as a work in 4 parts: Series 1: Wasserthiere; Series 2: Vögel; Series 3: Säugere; and Series 4: Insectenwelt. Only series 1 and 2 were published.
1. Ser. Wasserthiere.--2. Ser. Vögel.

Summary:

Seder's compositions in this portfolio offer ...[an] array of water creatures and birds, real and mythical, realistically rendered for the use and inspiration of painters, designers and decorators. The use of naturalistic motifs, geometric forms and sinuous lines, as well as his color palette, is typical of the Art Nouveau movement.

Biographical note:

Anton Seder was a painter from Munich who became the first director of the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. The academy was founded in 1890, by the city of Strasbourg, as part of a plan for the artistic revival of the region. He also created the decorative ceramic panels which still embellish the front of the building today.

Subject:

Decoration and ornament Animal forms.
Animals in art.
Monsters in art.
Dragons in art.
Birds in art.
Birds Art.
Aquatic animals Art.
Décoration et ornement Motifs animaux.
Oiseaux Art.
Faune aquatique Art.
Monstres dans l'art.
Dragons dans l'art.
Oiseaux dans l'art.

Form/genre:

German language materials.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Gerlach & Schenk, publisher.
Gerlach & Wiedling.
Wassertiere.
Vögel.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m cormier 9854
Call No.: IDM CORM5; ID:87-B2455
Status: Available