# Wiplash \(Cyclamen\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [OBRIST, Hermann](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Silk embroidery

## Commentary

Hermann Obrist was known among Art Nouveau circles as the inventor of the &#34;whiplash&#34;; a sinuous flourish of hairpin curves inspired by cyclamen stems that became a standard motif of fin-de-siècle design.

## Related artworks

- [Blossoming Tree \(wall hanging, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b/blossoming-tree-wall-hanging-detail-r26b518c8d95b07>)
- [Fantastic shell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b/fantastic-shell-r0eaa3f75df08e2>)
- [Grotto with blazing river II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b/grotto-with-blazing-river-ii-r581a05d41e3e0e>)
- [Jardiniere](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b/jardiniere-r8a6c751f29364c>)
- [Movement](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/obrist-hermann-r66eeb0597abc5b/movement-rf3c34b7132a332>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)