Marcel Corrette, Art Nouveau Floral Study of Common Toadflax, Watercolor

Marcel corrette (fennervilliers 1896 - nancy 1946) study of common toadflax or linaria vulgaris pencil, gouache, watercolor and indian ink on paper in his passe-partout furniture and decoration designer for the majorelles during the heyday of the école de nancy, marcel corrette contributed to introducing the art deco style, which was still influenced by art nouveau. Between 1920 and 1930, he created numerous glass paste objects with the ceramist and designer of glass paste objects amalric walter. The herbariums available to artists were a real source of inspiration for art nouveau, which was booming at the end of the 19th century. In the series of drawings by marcel corrette that we are presenting, we can see that the representation of plants oscillates between a naturalistic vision and a certain stylization. To achieve this decorative stylization that will serve him to create ornaments used by the decorative art workshops in nancy for which he collaborates (glass paste objects, vases, jewelry, furniture), the artist represents plants from different angles to better isolate certain aspects such as rhythm, color and certain geometric structures in order to extract a decorative motif. Dimensions: 47 X 61 cm.