Mr. Bing documentary notes

• Art Nouveau is really the beginning idea of what we think of as Graphic Design today
• Mr. Bing was a famous art dealer, and firm defender of Art Nouveau in France
• died on Sept. 6, 1905
• Bing's gallery gave name and attention to A.N. movement
• first came to Paris to work for his father; production and manufacturing of ceramics
• received a Gold Metal from France that symbolized Bing's success in manufacturing and ability to work with artists
• "...breath new life into our applied arts." - Bing
• 1876 Mr. Bing had his first auction sale of Japanese art
• 1878 Bing openned 1st shop displaying Japanese art
• 1880 Bing went to Japan 
• "Le Japan Artisique" - for anyone with an interest of future of applied art
• Bing admired Japanese belief that Nature was the ultimate and only master
• 1890 exhibition - largest collection of Japanese prints of the time
• "pictures of the floating world"
• strictly relating to the real world
• Van Gogh became very interested with Mr. Bing and his fascination with Japanese art
• Van Gogh used Japanese prints in his own paintings through his imagination 
• said that once you study and have an eye for Japanese art, your perspective (i.e. with color) changes
• 1894 Bing goes to U.S. to sell Japanese art and to learn about America's achievements in the work of applied arts
• Lautrec learns to stain glass
• "...work of applied art is only of interest if it has the whole heart of the artist."
• 1899 first production of newest ideas of A.N. = "whiplash" design
• never seen in porcelain before
• Bing searches and struggles to "find the natural artists"
• 1900 World Fair
• documentary continues to describe Bing's house in extreme detail
• dishes, paintings, furniture
• 1904 Bing declares bankruptcy
• Mr. Bing
• known to bring together art and simplicity
• Far East mixed with the great traditions of the West