Symbolism and Art Nouveau

Many artists in the late 19th century broke from naturalistic representation and sought visual equivalents to poetry and music.

c. 1880 - 1910

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By the early 1930s, Broncia Koller’s career was lost to art history, despite her extraordinary artistic talent and insight.

If visitors know one thing about Barcelona before boarding a plane, it is the surname of the city’s most celebrated architect, Antoni Gaudí

Learn more about this symbolist painter's enigmatic depictions of one of his favorite subjects—Salome.

The painting mocks humanity, as well as human beliefs and institutions, both civic and religious.

Through their many forms of artistic production the Nabis expanded art into all areas of life.

Art Nouveau artists and designers created a completely new style of decoration.

Symbolist artists embraced the spiritual significance of art while rejecting science and objectivity.

Inspired by the sheen of ancient Roman and Syrian glass, Tiffany created startling, modern objects.

Only three inches high, Tiffany captures an ephemeral moment in nature with the most sumptuous materials.

Bakst loved this character from Russian folklore, and made a drawing influenced by Cubism and Parisian aesthetics.

The anxiety felt by the women waiting for husbands sailing on a stormy sea is almost tangible in Munch’s picture.

These mass-produced structures brought a new kind of art from the homes of the Parisian elite into the streets.

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