1897
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Study for a Decoration for the Salle des Fêtes of the Town Hall of Paris's 11th arrondissement is a 1897 by Victor Emile Prouvé, a Impressionism work, depicting Dancing, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a design for a decoration in a town hall. It's a detailed drawing with many elements. The artist was part of a group that wanted to bring art into everyday life. The drawing is related to the artist's design for a mural in a community center. To learn more, look up the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
An avid draftsman, Victor Prouvé was known for his role in the École de Nancy, a group of artists active in the art nouveau movement, which integrated fine and decorative arts. This drawing relates to Prouvé's design for a mural intended to decorate the community center in the town hall of Paris's 11th arrondissement. By creating sophisticated designs for a broad public in such spaces, the artist sought to forge a role for vanguard art in everyday life.
The mural painting to which this drawing relates was one of two major designs that Victor Prouvé created for town halls throughout Paris; he also decorated the staircase of a public building in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a Paris suburb.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Victor Prouvé (French pronunciation: ; 13 August 1858 – 15 February 1943) was a French painter, sculptor and engraver of the Art Nouveau École de Nancy.
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