Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
Videos
Maîtres de l'Affiche refers to a series of 256 colour lithographic plates from an art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris, France. The collection contained reproductions from the original wor
Front cover by Paul Berthon (1895)
№ 1: Fête des Fleurs in Bagnères-de-Luchon – Jules Chéret (1890)
![№ 55: Electricine – Lucien Lefèvre [fr] (1897)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Lucien_Lef%C3%A8vre-Electricine_1897.jpg/500px-Lucien_Lef%C3%A8vre-Electricine_1897.jpg)
№ 55: Electricine – Lucien Lefèvre [fr] (1897)
№ 58: Exposition des "Arts de la Femme" – Étienne Moreau-Nélaton (1892)
Jules Chéret
Videos
Jules Chéret was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster.
Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
…contained reproductions from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller 40 cm × 29 cm (16 in × 11 in) format, and was bundled and edited by Jules Chéret, the father of poster art. The varied selection of prints were sold in packages of four and delivered monthly to subscribers. On sixteen occasions…
Jules Chéret photographed by Nadar, c. 1900
L'Etendard Français, Chéret's 1891 poster for the bicycle shop on the Quai d'Orsay
Sketch for The Comedy, one of the five murals Chéret created for the Hôtel de Ville.
Palais des Glaces