Give Thanks for Art Nouveau!

Through his posters and book covers, Will Bradley is credited with introducing the American public to the undulating curves of the Art Nouveau style.

This holiday announcement for the literary periodical The Chap-Book was so enthusiastically collected that it was reportedly out of print in less than two months.

View more posters and learn about their relationship with American culture and history at our online exhibition Posters American Style.

Source: Posters: American Style (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1999).

Pictured: Will H. Bradley, 1868–1962, The Chap-Book. Thanksgiving No., 1895, color process lithograph on paper, 84 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 35 1/2 in., Smithisonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition.