Dutch Artist Creates Gorgeous Art Nouveau Series Featuring Iconic Disney Characters

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.

Elana

• Published in Disney
• April 14, 2022

As a style, art nouveau was most popular between 1890 and 1910 during a period that ended with the start of World War I known as the Belle Époque period. In addition to a sense of dynamism and movement, art nouveau often used modern materials like iron, glass, ceramics, and later concrete.

According to Wikipedia:

"It was a reaction against the academic art, eclecticism, and historicism of 19th-century architecture and decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. One major objective of Art Nouveau was to break down the traditional distinction between fine arts (especially painting and sculpture) and applied arts."

Today, art nouveau continues to inspire artists of various mediums all over the world to create stunning pieces and even entire series that don't require an appreciation or even an understanding of art history to fall in love with. One such way this has manifested is through fanart.

When fandoms include skilled, talented, and passionate artists, you know you are going to see incredible things. Art nouveau, as a style, has inspired some pretty spectacular Disney fan art before, too.

Czech artist Hannah Alexander dedicated an art nouveau series inspired by artist Alphonse Mucha, she also had a separate series of art nouveau costume designs, too! Mimi, a Hungarian artist, also devoted an exquisite series of Disney characters in a very unique art nouveau-inspired style.

Today, we're obsessing over Dutch artist Paola Tosca. She lives in Sweden and is a freelance artist "in love with fairy tales."

Tosca is interested in strength training and cats, and her favorite princess is Belle because she is "smart, compassionate, and courageous." Outside of princesses, her favorite Disney character is Esmerelda from the Hunchabck of Notre Dame because she is "compassionate, courageous, strong, and smart," and she "saved Quasimodo from the rack and the crowd, defied injustice, and even saved Phoebus from drowning!"

We are absolutely positive you'll love her art nouveau series, which was commissioned but has received countless and well-earned praise from fans of art and Disney all over the world. Check it out below!

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1. Wendy - Peter Pan

2. Ariel's Sisters - The Little Mermaid

3. Giselle - Enchanted

4. Alice - Alice in Wonderland

5. Moana

6. Vanellope - Wreck-It Ralph

7. Tiana - The Princess and the Frog

8. Ariel - The Little Mermaid

9. Mulan

10. Esmerelda - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

11. Tinkerbell - Peter Pan

12. Maleficent

13. Belle - Beauty and the Beast

14. Megara - Hercules

15. Sally - Nightmare Before Christmas

16. Aurora / Briar Rose - Sleeping Beauty

17. Vanessa - The Little Mermaid

18. Elsa - Frozen

19. Rapunzel - Tangled

20. Princess Aurora - Sleeping Beauty

21. Princess Jasmine - Aladdin

22. Neverland Mermaids - Peter Pan

If you want to see even more of Paola Tosca's Art Nouveau series, you can see characters like Ursula the Sea Witch (from The Little Mermaid) and Princess Snow White to Kylo Ren and Rey Skywalker from Star Wars by visiting her Instagram! You'll also get a chance to see a lot more of this artist's highly skilled work, and there's plenty for Disney fans to gush over.

Let us know what you think of this spectacular fan art and don't forget to show some love to the artist on their social media!

Elana