A professional graphic designer who uses her background in art history and restoration to create everyday objects you can enjoy in your home or as wearable art. It's a joy to bring the best art and design of ages past into everyday life, plus invitations and DIY party projects. If you don't already share my love for artists and illustrators such as Alphonse Mucha, Edmund Dulac, Beatrix Potter, Carl Larsson and John Tenniel, perhaps you'll discover a new enthusiasm.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Verneuil Art Nouveau Butterfly Postage Stamps



Verneuil Art Nouveau Butterfly Postage Stamps from Zazzle.com

A Wonderful Butterfly from The Gilded Age

Send your mail on colorful wings. This wonderful Art Nouveau butterfly from La Belle Époque has a special charm you can't resist. I think it may have something to do with his round little eyes looking right at you. Classy complementary color scheme of cadmium orange and veridian (blue green).

Available in all sizes, but this design shape works best on the large and medium sizes. Matches the Verneuil Butterflies note cards and address labels available in my gallery.

About the artist: Maurice Pillard-Verneuil studied under Art Nouveau master Eugene Grasset. An early interest in Japanese printmaking blossomed into a passion for Asian art after his visit to Southeast Asia. In love with nature and the natural world, he drew inspiration from plants, flowers, animals, insects and marine life.

About this artwork:This particular design is number 50 from a suite of 60 color lithographs after decorative Art Nouveau devices by Mucha, Verneuil and Auriol found in the book 'Combinaisons Ornementales se Multipliant à l'Infini à l'Aide du Miroir' (Decorative Combinations, Infinitely Multiplied with a Mirror) by George Auriol, pseudonym of Jean-Georges Huyot, journalist, poet, songwriter, painter and engraver. Published in the year 1900 by Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts, Paris.

It has been carefully and lovingly prepared for print by a professional graphic artist using state-of-the-art software. It is a joy to bring the best art of previous centuries into our own for everyday use and enjoyment. I hope you will enjoy using this stamp as much as I enjoyed working on the design.
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