Maurice Verneuil

When we think about a creating a new design, part of our process is researching designers from the past. One of our favourites is French artist Maurice Verneuil (1869-1942) who studied with Eugene Grasset, a Swiss artist. Together they produced Plants and their Application to Ornament in 1897 which specialised in botanical design and was a huge influence during the Art Nouveau period.

Verneuil’s style later evolved into geometric forms during the Art Deco period and his 1926 book Kaléidoscope, Ornements Abstraits is considered a masterpiece of the era. The 24 coloured plates of textile designs were created using the pochoir technique, where single layers of colour were added by hand to a lithograph using a stencil.

Verneuil’s designs were used in many creative disciplines including industrial design, posters, ceramics, textiles and metalwork.

Until next time creative crew,

Joanna

Crown Imperial illustration by Verneuil in Grasset's book, 1896. Credit: Swallowtail Garden Seeds/ Creative Commons

Crown Imperial illustration by Verneuil in Grasset's book, 1896. Credit: Creative Commons