Calendar by Emile-Allain Seguy

Emile-Allain Séguy was a popular French designer throughout the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements of the 1920s. The first pattern is made up of strips of butterflies coloured with shades of brown, silver, and black, over a bright pink background with semi-abstract carnations coloured with two shades of orange, and outlined with white, flanked by leaves coloured with orange, brown, and black stripes. The second design is made up of alternating, semi-abstract butterfly wings, coloured with shades of brown, orange, blue, green, and black. The third design consists of a vertical strip of alternating almond-shaped, semi-abstract butterfly wings, made up of rings coloured with shades of brown, black, and bright pink, framed between two thin, light brown stripes, on a black ground. The fourth design is made up of semi-abstract butterflies coloured with green, yellow, and black, over a blue ground. Each plate represents an effort of the artist to connect nature with the arts. An accomplished entomologist, furthermore, an artist of Pochoir. His work today, is revered by the world for his unusual style and compositions. The Parisian Art Deco plates are dramatic and timeless. The depictions of butterflies in the illustration are remarkably detailed, revealing Séguy's unique interest in the scientific study of insects as a source of inspiration for artistic creation.