Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Artus Van Briggle waxa uu degay Colorado Springs sanadii 1899 kadib markii uu isu aqoonsaday fanaan caan ah oo ka soo jeeda Rookwood Pottery ee Ohio. Iyada oo ay weheliso Anne Louise (née Gregory), xaaskiisa cusub, Artus wuxuu bilaabay sahaminta qaabka Art Nouveau ee abuurkooda dhoobada, abaalmarino iyo abaalmarino ka helaya bulshada farshaxanka Mareykanka iyo Yurub. Inkastoo uu ahaa farshaxan yahan karti leh oo soo bandhigay oo ku guuleystay abaalmarino Yurub ah, laga soo bilaabo 1899 ilaa dhimashadiisii Artus wuxuu si gaar ah ugu hibeeyay farshaxanka iyo farshaxanka dhoobada. Naqshadeynta Van Briggle ee Art Nouveau iyo muraayadaha khafiifka ah ee khafiifka ah waxaa lagu abaalmariyay abaalmarino sare oo laga helo ilo sumcad leh, oo ay ku jiraan Paris Salon, Bandhigga Saint Louis
, Bandhigga Lewis iyo Clark Centennial, iyo Bandhigga Farshaxanka iyo Farshaxanka Mareykanka ee Boston.