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3D Scanning at MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art

The last two weeks of July were dedicated to 3D-scanning at the MAK. As part of Partage Plus, Thomas Nasswetter of Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH visited the museum in order to produce 3D-scans of selected Art Nouveau objects. Despite the heat … Continue reading

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art

Written by Karoline Schwenker (Collections Trust, UK) Although there are numerous buildings constructed in the Art Nouveau style, some gained more recognition than others. One such building is the Glasgow School of Art. The school was designed by Charles Rennie … Continue reading

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Drents Museum: Partage Plus – Digitization art nouveau

From August 20 to August 26 the Drents Museum will have a selection of their most interesting Art Nouveau objects digitized by the team of Steinbichler Optotechnik. During the week of 3D scanning a flyer will be handed out to … Continue reading

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House for an Art Lover: Construction and Contention

Written by Karoline Schwenker (Collections Trust, UK) What makes the House for an Art Lover unique, aside from its Art Nouveau style, is the fact that it was roughly 90 years in the making. The concept for the design began … Continue reading

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Exhibition Drents Museum: Lyrical Lines

A collection of 70 top pieces of the Grafische Sammlung from the Landesgalerie Linz, in Austria, entitled ‘Lyrical Lines’ (Lyrische Lijnen) will be exhibited in the Drents Museum from June 29th until September 22nd. Pieces by Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, Kubin, … Continue reading

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The longing for new life – Jugend at Rörstrand

Fishes and mythological beings, mermaids and monsters, swans, peacocks, waterlilies and surging water. The Art Nouveau at Rörstrand was wild and imaginative. Nature was flowing in the ceramic art. In the summer exhibition The longing for new life – jugend … Continue reading

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New on Facebook: Art Nouveau in Croatia – Partage Plus

In May Partage Plus project partner MUO launched a new profile page on Facebook called “Secesija u Hrvatskoj / Art Nouveau in Croatia – Partage Plus”. Users can catch up on recent Partage Plus news and blog posts and learn … Continue reading

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TV news about the Partage Plus project and the 3D-scanning at Röhsska

In April it was the turn of The Röhsska Museum Göteborg to have their Art Nouveau treasures 3D-scanned by the colleagues of Steinbichler Optotechnik. The week of the 3D-scanning at GC was used to promote and disseminate the aims of … Continue reading

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Exhibition MNAC: Gaspar Homar and Joan Busquets

In the frame of the Art Nouveau World Day the Museu Nacional d’ Art de Catalunya (MNAC) opened a new exhibition about Art Nouveau furniture designed by Gaspar Homar and Joan Busquets. “Interiors del Modernisme – Gaspar Homar i Joan Busquets” … Continue reading

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Art Nouveau World Day in Croatia

Art Nouveau World Day at MUO, Croatia was organised as a show and tell event. Visitors could bring their own Art Nouveau objects (or photographs of these) to the museum for expertise.  About ten of the Art Nouveau objects were … Continue reading

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