"Poppyheads," Koloman Moser, 1900.

Viennese artist Moser (1868-1918) was one of the guiding lights of Art Nouveau. He was one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession, and was a co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte, a design workshop that had designers, artists, and artisans coming together to create functional works, in many ways forerunners of Art Deco and the Bauhaus.

Moser and his colleagues rejected the decadence of Viennese art from the previous century and embraced clean lines and imagery drawn from the natural world. Here, for instance, we have a textile design with stylized poppies.

He died young, from throat cancer, and one can only imagine what more he could have done. As it is, he truly revolutionized modern design.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

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