Bandontwerp voor: Verslag der Dagteeken- en Kunstambachtschool voor Meisjes te Amsterdam over het jaar 1919 after 1919
graphic-art, typography, poster
graphic-art
art-nouveau
typography
decorative-art
poster
repetitive pattern
columned text
Dimensions: height 210 mm, width 276 mm
Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain
Nicolaas van de Vecht made this design for the 1919 report of the Amsterdam School of Arts and Crafts for Girls. I imagine him poised over his drawing, lost in a world of pattern and light. The design is intricate, a tight framing device containing organic, stylized forms. Look at the left panel, an almost gothic sense of energy, three curling flames reach upwards. I think about him, searching for a balance, maybe trying and failing to get it right, wiping it back, pushing forward again. The black and white creates a powerful contrast, the white almost glowing from within the surface. Van de Vecht has this rhythm down! There's a relationship between the hand and the eye that has become totally intimate. Ultimately, this cover design is about the power of art schools. The cover itself is a beacon of creativity, one that has been passed from artist to artist, generation after generation. It’s a reminder that art is a conversation, an ongoing process of exchange and discovery.
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