a rebirth timeline

edward c moore became head designer of tiffany's silver department, and began utilizing japan-inspired designs as early as 1871.

to put some of this into a perspective, note the dates when studies, books and exhibitions occurred, according to art nouveau: a research guide for design reform by gabriel weisberg and elizabeth menon (and elsewhere).

1943 henry r hope -- sources of art nouveau -- first phd dissertation on the subject

1950 toulouse-lautrec exhibition -- musée d'albi, france

1951 henry f lenning -- the art nouveau -- first book on the subject for over thirty years

1952 first art nouveau exhibition in nearly forty years -- v&a, london

• thomas howarth -- charles rennie mackintosh; book

1955 jugendstil exhibition -- museum für kunsthandwerk, frankfurt

• louis comfort tiffany exhibition -- morse museum, florida

1956 stephan tschudi madsen -- sources of art nouveau; book

1957 robert koch -- louis comfort tiffany; dissertation

• posters usa exhibition -- zurich

1958 art nouveau exhibition -- haus der kunst, munich

• louis comfort tiffany exhibition -- museum of contemporary crafts, new york

1960 art nouveau exhibition -- museum of modern arts, new york (guimard's widow offered his collection to french museums who were not interest. the moma and the met were.)

1962 robert schmutzler -- art nouveau; book

1963 alfonse mucha exhibition -- victoria & albert museum, london

1966 aubrey beardsley exhibition -- victoria & albert museum, london

• and in 1966 herschel b chipp mounted an exhibition at the university of california art museum at berkeley. it was called jugendstil & expressionism in german posters, and next we'll look again at some of the profound effects it had.

this list isn't as comprehensive as i'd like, but i think it makes the point well; collections lead to exhibitions lead to popularity. what more could you want?