Anton Seder - Fantastic Beasts of the Nineteenth Century: Dragons, Birds, and Incredible Sea Creatures

PUBLISHERS NOTE Born in Munich in 1850, Anton Seder was one of the most influential German designers of his day, though few now know his name. At the age of 40, after more than two decades of professional design experience in the decorative and applied arts, Seder was awarded the directors chair of a new school in StrasbourgThe College of Decorative Arts. Looking to revive the Alsace-Lorraine regions artistic presence, Seder would bring together influences of French and German origin with Art Nouveau, Victorian, and Baroque styles in both his own work and that of his students. He was as active in publishing as he was in education, coediting an Arts magazine of the region (Das Kunstgewerbe in Elsass-Lothringen) and producing numerous books on decorative and industrial design. Originally titled Das Thier in der Decorativen Kunst, this collection incorporates animal motifs that were ever-present in design of the 1890s, both arranged in graphic patterns and expertly rendered in natural form. Bibliographical NoteFantastic Beasts of the Nineteenth Century: Dragons, Birds, and Incredible Sea Creatures is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc. in 2017. This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series.

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