Art Nouveau-ul și celebrul cerc secesionist de la Viena în colecția de ex-libris-uri a Bibliotecii Batthyaneum
Art Nouveau and the Renowned Secessionist Circle from Vienna in the Ex-Libris Collection of Batthyaneum Library

Summary/Abstract: The Ex-libris collection from the Batthyaneum Library is perhaps one of the most valuable of its kind in Romania. Proof for this is the multitude of artists, currents, motifs, and periods that one could find. The collection includes Ex-libris over a period of almost 500 years, from the 16th - 20th centuries. In this article, we focus on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The most representative artistic current is that of Art Nouveau. There is an extremely long list of first-rate European artists that signed some of the works. Among them, there are several Ex-libris belonging to the artists of the Secessionist group in Vienna. The richness of the Ex-libris collection is clear proof of its artistic, bibliophile and documentary value.

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