Maurice Pillard Verneuil

Maurice Pillard Verneuil — Art Nouveau Pattern Design From Nature

Maurice Pillard Verneuil (1869-1942) was a French designer and illustrator central to the Art Nouveau decorative movement. A student of Eugene Grasset, he became one of the most accomplished translators of natural forms into ornamental design. His pattern books — particularly "L'Animal dans la Decoration" (1897) — turned animals, birds, and marine life into precisely structured decorative compositions. Peacocks, parrots, swans, deer, and squirrels appear throughout his work, each rendered with careful observation and then stylised into the flowing, organic geometry that defines Art Nouveau.

At Kuriosis, we reproduce Verneuil's decorative studies as fine art prints on 225g matte paper using archival pigment inks. The matte surface and precise ink layering bring out the intricate linework and colour separations that define his pattern plates. These prints work well alongside other Art Nouveau art in our collection, and for those interested in the broader tradition of decorative natural illustration, Verneuil's work sits at the intersection of science and ornament.

Available Sizes and Framing Options

Fine art paper prints are available in A3, 50x70 cm, 70x100 cm, and A0. Frame options include oak, black, and walnut brown — each cut to order in our Berlin studio.

All prints are produced in-house in Berlin. We handle printing, framing, and packing ourselves. No outsourcing, no third-party fulfilment. Every order goes through our hands before it ships.

Collecting Verneuil and Art Nouveau Prints

Verneuil's designs were originally published as chromolithograph plates in pattern sourcebooks intended for designers and craftspeople. The flat colour planes and bilateral symmetry of his animal studies make them particularly well suited to reproduction as fine art prints — the format preserves the graphic precision of the original plates. Browse more from our museum classics or see the full poster collection.