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Art Nouveau belonged to the major cities of Europe — Paris, Glasgow, and Berlin — with one major exception. The small Hungarian town of Pecs (PAY-shh) produced some of the period’s most significant, colorful and creative pottery.
Hungarian native Jozsef Rippl-Ronai brought the sensuous whiplash lines of the Secessionist Movement, as Art Nouveau was called in Eastern Europe, across the Austrian Alps from Paris. Also contributing to the Secessionist’s foothold in Hungary was [...] Click here to continue reading.