Belle Epoque

1995
Adobe Illustrator

This one one of the first things I did using Adobe Illustrator. It was done for fun, not for an actual product (so you won’t find it on your store shelves).

It is obviously strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau style, especially Alfonse Mucha. At the time I was studying Art Nouveau for a Design History course curriculum I was writing. Belle Epoque means “beautiful era,” and is a term used to refer to the Art Nouveau period in France from about 1890 to 1910.