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George Auriol has been called the "quintessential Art Nouveau designer" according to Steven Heller and Louise Fili. [1] The letterforms he designed for his namesake typeface originated in Française-légère and Française-allongée, two other fonts he designed for G. Peignot et Fils.
George Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot (26 April 1863, Beauvais – February 1938, Paris), was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist. He worked in many media and created illustrations for the covers of magazines, books, and sheet music, as well as other types of work such as monograms and trademarks.
Articles relating to Art Nouveau, an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.The style was most popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period that ended with the start of World War I in 1914.
The logo of White Dwarf magazine from the late 1970s to the early 1980s used the font. The splash screen of the video game, Pharaoh's Tomb used the font. The band Dinosaur Jr. has used the font on various album covers. Early "Ram's Head" versions of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff used the font.
Maison de l'Art Nouveau was opened by Siegfried Bing in Paris: Pan magazine was founded and published by Otto Julius Bierbaum, Julius Meier-Graefe, and Richard Dehmel in Berlin: A poster for Gismonda by Alphonse Mucha was published in Paris: 1896 The poster for the cabaret Le Chat noir was created by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen in Paris
Art Nouveau temples are churches, chapels, synagogues, and mosques built in the style known as Art Nouveau in French and English languages (also Modern Style or Glasgow style in the latter one), Jugendstil in Germany and Nordic countries, Secessionsstil in countries of former Austro-Hungary, Modernisme in Catalan, Modern in Russian, Stile Liberty or Stile Floreale in Italian.
Maurice Doreal (1898–1963), born Claude Doggins, [1] was an American occultist and founder of the Brotherhood of the White Temple.. Doreal claimed that during a 1925 visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza, he discovered a set of ancient emerald tablets belonging to the Egyptian deity Thoth, whom he re-imagined as a king of Atlantis.