Was an Italian painter, draughtsman, illustrator, and poster artist, who elevated a global philosophy in response to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, precisely what we now call the "Art Nouveau" style.
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| (Orazi, Manuel. Poster for Job Cigarette Paper. c. 1902. lithograph.) |
In 1892, he moved to Paris and worked as a newspaper, magazine, and book illustrator, where he illustrated periodicals for L'assiette au beurre and Le Figaro illustre. He also illustrated books by contemporary authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire, and Oscar Wilde.
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| (Orazi, Manuel. Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt. c. 1895. lithograph.) |
In 1892, he moved to Paris and worked as a newspaper, magazine, and book illustrator, where he illustrated periodicals for L'assiette au beurre and Le Figaro illustre. He also illustrated books by contemporary authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire, and Oscar Wilde.
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| (Orazi, Manuel. L'Atlantide. lithograph.) |
His poster designs for the opera and other Parisian theaters heightened his fame, and he soon began to exhibit his work at the Salon des Artistes. In 1896, he received the commission of his career to design a poster for a gallery art show initiated in 1895 by the German art dealer Samuel Bing. This show was to be held at the Maison de l'Art Nouveau gallery (which translates to "House of Art") and exclusively featured the most prominent modern art of its time.
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| (Orazi, Manuel. La Maison Moderne. c. 1902. lithograph.) |
The focus of this show was coordinated in design and color installations of modern furniture, tapestries, and objets d'art (which translates to "everyday objects of art"). Objects shown became so strongly associated with the Art Nouveau style that the name of his gallery subsequently provided a commonly used term for the aesthetics of the style and propelled Orazi's career.
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| (Orazi, Manuel. L'Atlantide. lithograph.) |
In 1912, he illustrated the novel Aphrodite by Pierre Louis. After completing the illustrations for the novel Les fleurs dumal by Baudelaire in Paris, he passed away in 1934, leaving a legacy of work inspired by curved lines, nature, natural forms, and the structures of plants or flowers. He embodied the Art Nouveau style and was famous for being a participant in forming these beautiful aesthetics.
