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| The Royal Mail Line to New York poster, Horace Taylor, 1920-1925. Museum no. E.516-1925 |
• Started in France after WW1
• Became Widespread around 1930/1940
• Popularity declined after WW2
• The style combines traditional motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials
• Was mostly Symmetrical
• Represented luxury and glamour
• roots from Universal Exposition of 1900
• Afterwards a handful of artists from the show established Society of Decorator Artists
These were:
• Hector Guimard
• Eugene Grassat
• Raoul Lachenal
• Paul Bellot
• Maurice Dufrene
• Emile Decoeur
These artists influenced the principles of Art Deco
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