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Situated at around 3,300 ft above sea level in the mountains of the
Swiss Jura region, the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds experienced
significant economic development towards the end of the 19th
century, which went hand in hand with much building activity. There
are few other places in Switzerland in which the influence of art
nouveau is so clearly visible. Significantly inspired by the
painter and architect Charles L'Eplattenier (1874-1946), and his
art and decoration course at the local school of applied arts in
1905, a local variant of art nouveau developed, the so-called Style
sapin or "fir style." Protagonists of this movement accorded
special importance in their works to the use of symbolic motifs
that reflect the nature of the Jura landscape and especially its
fir forests. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the Style
sapin and builds bridges into the 21st century. It places the "fir
style" within the international context of art nouveau and also
addresses in detail the local facets of this movement, which has
left traces that are still visible today in watchmaking, applied
arts, and architecture. Moreover, it draws attention for the first
time to the previously scarcely acknowledged female artists of the
Style sapin. Text in French.
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