Paul Hankar - Architecte 1900 Original Print

Les Maitres de L'Affiche - 1900 Planche # 91 - Paul Hankar - Architecte About the poster: Paul Hankar (1859 - 1901) was a Belgian architect and designer who is considered one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Brussels at the turn of the twentieth century. "Drafting tools (triangles, rulers, etc.) as well as bees and their architecture, the honeycomb, are incorporated into a most effective design for Crespin's colleague, the architect, Paul Hankar. "The poster 'Hankar' is in every way perfect. The principal subject, positioned just right, is interpreted in a very modern style. There are many details, but they are chosen with such pleasure and arranged with such taste, such discretion-in a single word, such tact-that far from removing importance from the principal subject he lends it more value, creating a particular atmosphere, technical if I may say so. The warm and vivid coloring further adds, if that's possible, to the merit of this print which remains o