Golden Age

From his formative years until his death Vaszary's style underwent numerous changes, from Art Nouveau to Post-Impressionism. Vaszary's adoption of an Art Nouveau style was short-lived, yet one of his highest achievements, Golden Age, was painted in this vein. The painting shows a nostalgic yearning for a lost paradise. Thje frame was made by the artist and its tendrol-like ornamentation acts as an extension of the elegiac, semivisionary landscape.