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| | Art Nouveau |
 | | The greatest achievements of the new style were shown in the pavilion organized by Siegfried Bing, the art dealer and entrepreneur who in 1895 opened a shop and art gallery in Paris called L'Art Nouveau, which gave the movement its name. |
 | | In his pavilion, visitors could see interiors by Georges de Feure, Eugène Gaillard, and Édouard Colonna, in which the furniture, fabrics, and decoration were all part of a "total work of art" unified by the same design. |
 | | A pavilion designed by French architect Henri Sauvage housed the performances of the American dancer Loïe Fuller, whose wild dance with veils, in which she transformed herself into a flower, inspired many Art Nouveau artists. |
| www.nga.gov /feature/nouveau/exhibit_fair.htm (209 words) |
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