The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

ShapeOctober 18, 2025 - January 11, 2026

Exhibition Details

The Triumph of Nature presents the refined, ever-popular and elegant curvilinear designs and nature-based motifs of Art Nouveau. From the rich holdings of the Chrysler Museum of Art, more than 120 turn-of-the-20th century treasures are included, with works by Tiffany, Mucha, Gallé, Beardsley and many others. Furniture, paintings, sculpture, mosaics, books, posters, prints, lamps, glass art and more highlight the innovative ways artists made harmonious visual arrangements. The DAI is the exclusive Ohio venue for this major traveling exhibition.

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The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art is organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.

About International Arts & Artists
International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC, is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally, through exhibitions, programs and services to artists, arts institutions and the public. Visit artsandartists.org.

About the Chrysler Museum of Art
The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums, with a nationally recognized collection of more than 35,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America. The core of the Chrysler’s collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands of objects from his private collection to the Museum. The Museum has growing collections in many areas and mounts an ambitious schedule of visiting exhibitions and educational programs each season. Visit chrysler.org.

FEATURED IMAGE:
Alphonse Mucha, Ivy, 1901, color lithograph, ©Alphonse Mucha

 

Exhibition Sponsors

PRESENTING
Wanda Lukens

BENEFACTOR
The Linda Black Kurek Family Foundation
Linda Lombard & Paul Marshall

PATRON
The Bill & Jackie Lockwood Family Foundation

PROMOTING
Martha & Mark Shaker
University of Dayton

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson

MEDIA
Discover Classical
Think TV PBS

SPECIAL THANKS
Bernstein’s Catering
The Flower Shoppe

ONGOING SPONSORS
Ohio Arts Council
Montgomery County
Culture Works

Exhibition Highlights