Dutch Modernism Ex Libris Bookplate by Nico Bulder – c.1910 woodcut

Nico Bulder Dutch Modernism Ex Libris Bookplate for Barend van den Kieboom

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An original c.1910 woodcut – Nico Bulder, Dutch Modernism Ex Libris Bookplate for Barend van den Kieboom.

A stylish original Modernist bookplate, or ex libris, dating from around 1910.

The bookplate was designed by Nico Bulder for Barend van den Kieboom.

Nico Bulder (1898–1964) was a Dutch painter, illustrator, and graphic artist known for his landscapes, portraits, and work in printmaking.

Between 1919 and 1924 he worked as a draughtsman on the Gideon shipyard in Groningen. When the shipyard closed, he decided to pursue an art teaching degree at the Academie Minerva in Groningen. After his graduation in 1928, he became an art teacher at the Instituut Hommes in Hoogezand. After the War in 1945, he joined 'Academie Minerva' to teach drawing, etching, batiking, lithography and stained glass design.

Bulder is considered one of the best European 'Ex Libris' creators of his time.

On watermarked wove paper. Please note the small size of this artwork.

Vienna Secession Ex Libris Bookplates 1900–1925

This bookplate forms part of a wonderful collection of ex libris relating to the Vienna Secession and Hungarian Secession. Dating from around 1900 to 1925—the heyday of bookplate production and collecting—they showcase a fabulous array of Art Nouveau designs, incorporating popular motifs such as sensuous naked bodies, frolicking nymphs, and organic fronds and foliage, along with Art Deco sunbeams and flattened blocks of colour. The collection includes designs by some of the leading graphic artists associated with the Secession movements in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early 20th century. These designers were at the cutting edge of European Modernism, rejecting the Academic, historical styles of the establishment, and advocating a 'total art', that unified painting, architecture and the decorative arts.

Austrian artists in the collection include Emil Orlik (1870–1932), Franz von Bayros (1866–1924) and Erhard Amadeus-Dier (1893–1969). Emil Orlik studied alongside Paul Klee and was a friend of Franz Kafka and Rainer Maria Rilke. Franz von Bayros was an Austrian commercial artist, illustrator and painter, who belonged to the fin de siècle Decadent movement. Erhard Amadeus-Dier studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and at the Vienna Academy. He worked as a porcelain designer as well as a graphic artist.

Hungarian artists in the collection include Josef von Diveky (1887–1951) and Attila Sassy (1880–1967). Josef von Diveky became renowned for his graphic work showing the influence of Aubrey Beardsley. Attila Sassy, known under the pseudonym Aiglon, was one of the leading artists of the important Hungarian artists' colony at Nagybánya.

By their nature, bookplates create a link between the artist and the book collector for whom the plate is designed. There are many fascinating owners in the collection: from the eminent German artist Hans Thoma (1839–1924), to figures associated with the Vienna Secession, such as the photographer and gallerist Emma Bacher (1868–1953), who was a friend of Gustav Klimt.