Johan Thorn Prikker, artist and art
Born June 5 1868, Birth Den Haag, Netherlands.
Died March 5 1932 deathKoln, Germany.
Style and technique, exhibitions: Painting, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil,Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
For Johan Thorn Prikker, poster design was not a sideline pursuit. It was an important part of his oeuvre. Dutch by birth, he spent much of his career in Germany…
Thorn Prikker’s famous poster for an exhibition of Dutch art in nearby Krefeld, Germany, demonstrates the restraint and symmetry manifested by the Art Nouveau style as adapted in Holland. The juxtaposition of positive and negative, dark and light versions of the same interlaced patterns is allied with a similar succession found in Celtic manuscript borders…
Many works online
La Novia
The Bride
Auctions & Auction Results
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