1898 Centenary Volta battery
by Heidi De Leeuw
Title
1898 Centenary Volta battery
Artist
Heidi De Leeuw
Medium
Drawing - Retouched Antique Poster
Description
Newly restored from a vertical banner poster or 'lamppost banner'.
Beautiful art nouveau poster by Adolfo Hohenstein celebrating the 100th birthday since the invention of the battery by Alessandro Volta.
Adolfo Hohenstein (Saint Petersburg, 18 March 1854 – Bonn, 12 April 1928) was a German painter, advertiser, illustrator, set designer and costume designer. He's considered the father of the Italian poster art and an exponent of the Stile Liberty, the Italian Art Nouveau. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Giovanni Mario Mataloni, Leopoldo Metlicovitz and Marcello Dudovich, he's considered one of the most important Italian poster designers.
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February 20th, 2017
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