Editing Art Nouveau (section)

===Paris ''Exposition Universelle'' (1900)===
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File:Grand entrance, Exposition Universal, 1900, Paris, France.jpg|Main entrance to the Paris [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 ''Exposition Universelle'']]
File:The Bigot-pavilion at the Paris Universal Exposition, 1900.jpg|The Bigot Pavilion, showcasing the work of ceramics artist [[Alexandre Bigot]]
File:Paris Exposition Austrian Pavilion, Paris, France, 1900.jpg|Entrance to the Austrian Pavilion, with exhibits designed by [[Josef Hoffmann]]
File:Traubensaal.jpg|The German Pavilion, designed by [[Bruno Möhring]]
Paris Metro 2 Porte Dauphine Libellule.JPG|Paris metro station entrance at [[Porte Dauphine (Paris Métro)|Porte Dauphine]] designed by [[Hector Guimard]]
File:Finland paviljong.jpg|The Finnish Pavilion, designed by [[Armas Lindgren]] and [[Eliel Saarinen]]
File:Menu for Bosnia Pavillion by Alfons Mucha 1900.jpg|Menu designed by [[Alphonse Mucha]] for the restaurant of the Bosnian Pavilion
File:Portique Sèvres, square Félix-Desruelles, Paris 6e.jpg|Portico of the [[Sevres Porcelain]] Pavilion, now on Square Félix-Desruelles
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The Paris 1900 [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|''Exposition universelle'']] marked the high point of Art Nouveau. Between April and November 1900, it attracted nearly fifty million visitors from around the world, and showcased the architecture, design, glassware, furniture and decorative objects of the style. The architecture of the Exposition was often a mixture of Art Nouveau and [[Beaux-Arts architecture]]: the main exhibit hall, the [[Grand Palais]] had a Beaux-Arts façade completely unrelated to the spectacular Art Nouveau stairway and exhibit hall in the interior.

French designers all made special works for the Exhibition: [[Lalique]] crystal and jewellery; jewellery by [[Henri Vever]] and [[Georges Fouquet]]; [[Daum (studio)|Daum]] glass; the [[Manufacture nationale de Sèvres]] in [[porcelain]]; ceramics by [[Alexandre Bigot]]; sculpted glass lamps and vases by [[Émile Gallé]]; furniture by [[Edward Colonna|Édouard Colonna]] and [[Louis Majorelle]]; and many other prominent arts and crafts firms. At the 1900 Paris Exposition, [[Siegfried Bing]] presented a pavilion called '' Art Nouveau Bing'', which featured six different interiors entirely decorated in the Style.<ref>Martin Eidelberg and Suzanne Henrion-Giele, "Horta and Bing: An Unwritten Episode of L'Art Nouveau", ''The Burlington Magazine'', vol. 119, Special Issue Devoted to European Art Since 1890 (Nov. 1977), pp. 747–752.</ref><ref>Duncan (1994), pp. 15–16, 25–27.</ref>

The Exposition was the first international showcase for Art Nouveau designers and artists from across Europe and beyond. Prize winners and participants included [[Alphonse Mucha]], who made murals for the pavilion of [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]] and designed the menu for the restaurant of the pavilion; the decorators and designers [[Bruno Paul]] and [[Bruno Möhring]] from Berlin; [[Carlo Bugatti]] from [[Turin]]; Bernhardt Pankok from [[Bavaria]]; The Russian architect-designer [[Fyodor Schechtel]], and [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]] and Company from the United States.{{Sfn|Fahr-Becker|2015|pp=391–413}} The Viennese architect [[Otto Wagner]] was a member of the jury, and presented a model of the Art Nouveau bathroom of his own town apartment in Vienna, featuring a glass bathtub.<ref>Sarnitz, August, ''Otto Wagner'' (2018), pp. 49–50</ref> [[Josef Hoffmann]] designed the Viennese exhibit at the Paris exposition, highlighting the designs of the [[Vienna Secession]].<ref>Sarnitz, August, ''Hoffmann'', (2016), p. 14</ref> [[Eliel Saarinen]] first won international recognition for his imaginative design of the pavilion of Finland.{{Sfn|Fahr-Becker|2015|pp=296–27}}

While the Paris Exposition was by far the largest, other expositions did much to popularize the style. The [[1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition]] marked the beginning of the [[Modernisme]] style in Spain, with some buildings of [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]]. The ''[[Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)|Esposizione internazionale d'arte decorativa moderna]]'' of 1902 in Turin, Italy, showcased designers from across Europe, including [[Victor Horta]] from Belgium and [[Joseph Maria Olbrich]] from Vienna, along with local artists such as [[Carlo Bugatti]], [[Galileo Chini]] and [[Eugenio Quarti]].{{Sfn|Fahr-Becker|2015|pp=179–188}}