Nancy

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The movement Art Nouveau, School of Nancy, was born when the Alsace and Moselle regions were annexed by the Prussians in 1871.

Nancy, a French border town, was home to much of the intelligentsia who refused the annexation.

These conditions in particular, as well as the presence here of an established artistic community, industrialists and entrepreneurs, led to the establishment of the School of Nancy.

The movement was weakened by the death of Emile Gallé in 1904 and the First World War marked its end.