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Pan

Illustration
1895 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pan was a short-lived, but highly influential magazine devoted to art, literature, politics and social comment, published in Berlin between 1895-1900 under the editorship of Wilhelm von Bode. The literary contents of the magazine were marked by a sharp satirical edge well-matched by its avant-garde graphic styling. Pan promoted the newly fashionable Art Nouveau style, as well as the work of Symbolist painters such as Arnold Böcklin. Many artists, including the prominent Berlin illustrator Joseph Sattler, contributed to Pan's striking series of colour lithographed covers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Pan (assigned by artist)
  • Les Maîtres de l'Affiche (series title)
Materials and techniques
photo-chromolithograph
Brief description
Joseph Sattler. Pan. Plate from "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1895. Photo-chromo-lithograph.
Physical description
Photo-chromolithographic illustration
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.9cm
  • Width: 23.7cm
  • Height: 15.75in
  • Width: 11.375in (in)
Style
Credit line
Given by Mrs Gabrielle Enthoven OBE
Subjects depicted
Summary
Pan was a short-lived, but highly influential magazine devoted to art, literature, politics and social comment, published in Berlin between 1895-1900 under the editorship of Wilhelm von Bode. The literary contents of the magazine were marked by a sharp satirical edge well-matched by its avant-garde graphic styling. Pan promoted the newly fashionable Art Nouveau style, as well as the work of Symbolist painters such as Arnold Böcklin. Many artists, including the prominent Berlin illustrator Joseph Sattler, contributed to Pan's striking series of colour lithographed covers.
Bibliographic references
  • Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Accession number
E.3099-1938

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2004
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