The Great Lady
1893
Eugène Grasset's 1893 cover for the magazine La Grande Dame is a quintessential example of Art Nouveau design, bursting with nature's bounty. A serene, red-haired woman in a flowing white dress sits nestled among towering sunflowers that seem to grow right off the page. The stylized lettering and organic curves were meant to capture the cosmopolitan elegance of Parisian high society at the time. Grasset was a Swiss-born artist who became a key figure in French Art Nouveau, and this piece perfectly shows his talent for blending decorative patterns with human figures.
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