Editing Art Nouveau (section)

===Painting===
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File:Edouard Vuillard - Woman in a Striped Dress - Google Art Project.jpg|''Le Corsage rayé'' by [[Édouard Vuillard]] (1895), [[National Gallery of Art]]
File:LES DANAÏDES OR FEMMES À LA SOURCE.PNG|''Women at the Spring'' by [[Paul Sérusier]] (1898), [[Musée d'Orsay]]
File:Gustav Klimt 014.jpg|Beethoven Frieze in the ''Sezessionshaus'' in Vienna by [[Gustav Klimt]] (1902)
File:Kolo Moser - Serpentinentänzerin - ca1902.jpeg|[[Watercolour]] and ink painting of [[Loie Fuller|Loïe Fuller]] dancing, by [[Koloman Moser]] (1902)
File:Mais.Cauchie sgraf. 2e ét.JPG|[[Sgraffito]] by Paul Cauchie on his residence and studio, Brussels (1905)
File:Klimt, Erwartung, Stoclet Fries.jpg|Detail of the frieze by Klimt in the [[Stoclet Palace]], Brussels (1905–1911)
File:SlaviaMucha.jpg|''Slavia'' by [[Alphonse Mucha]] (1908)
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Painting was another domain of Art Nouveau, though most painters associated with Art Nouveau are primarily described as members of other movements, particularly [[Post-Impressionism]] and [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]]. [[Alphonse Mucha]] was famous for his Art Nouveau posters, which frustrated him. According to his son and biographer, [[Jiří Mucha]], he did not think much of Art Nouveau.  "What is it, ''Art Nouveau''? he asked. "...&nbsp;Art can never be new."{{Sfn|Sato|2015|p=43}} He took the greatest pride in his work as a history painter. His Art Nouveau-inspired painting ''Slava'' is a portrait of the daughter of his patron in [[Slavs|Slavic]] costume, which was modelled after his theatrical posters.{{Sfn|Sato|2015|p=43}}

The painters most closely associated with Art Nouveau were [[Les Nabis]], post-impressionist artists who were active in Paris from 1888 until 1900. One of their stated goals was to break down the barrier between the fine arts and the decorative arts. They painted not only canvases, but also decorative screens and panels. Many of their works were influenced by the aesthetics of Japanese prints. The members included [[Pierre Bonnard]], [[Maurice Denis]], [[Paul Ranson]], [[Édouard Vuillard]], [[Ker-Xavier Roussel]], [[Félix Vallotton]], and [[Paul Sérusier]].<ref>Bétard, Daphne, "La révolution Nabie", in ''Les Nabis et le décor'', Beaux-Arts Éditions, pp. 8–21</ref>

The Austrian painter Gustav Klimt was an exponent of Art Nouveau painting, and more specifically a representative of the Modernist movement of the Viennese Secession. Klimt painted canvases and murals in an ornate personal style, which he also expressed through handicrafts, such as those found in the Viennese Secession Gallery. Klimt found one of his most recurring sources of inspiration in the female nude. His works are sensual, with a naturalistic, individual, organic style, inspired by nature following the decorative style of Gaudí.
 
The Catalan modernist painters (Ramón Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Aleix Clapés, Joaquim Sunyer, Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Juan Brull, Ricard Canals, Javier Gosé, Josep Maria Sert, Miguel Utrillo, etc.), closely connected with the avant-garde in Paris, and hugely influenced by Antoni Gaudí, had in the Els Quatre Gats tavern their meeting place. Pablo Picasso came out of the group.

Disciples of Anglada Camarasa were the Argentines Gregorio López Naguil, Tito Cittadini and Raúl Mazza who were responsible for carrying art nouveau painting to South America

In Belgium, [[Fernand Khnopff]] worked in both painting and graphic design. Wall murals by Gustav Klimt were integrated into decorative scheme of [[Josef Hoffmann]] for the [[Stoclet Palace]] (1905–1911). The Klimt mural for the dining room at the Stoclet Palace is considered a masterpiece of late Art Nouveau.

One subject did appear both in traditional painting and Art Nouveau; the American dancer [[Loie Fuller]], was portrayed by French and Austrian painters and poster artists.{{sfn|Bouillon|1985}}

One particular style that became popular in the Art Nouveau period, especially in Brussels, was [[sgraffito]], a technique invented in the Renaissance of applying layers of tinted plaster to make murals on the façades of houses. This was used in particular by Belgian architect [[Paul Hankar]] for the houses he built for two artist friends, Paul Cauchie and Albert Ciamberlani.