When Chéret returned to France, he took up poster printing and made posters for different theateres, including Eldorado, the Moulin Rouge, and the Olympia. Apart from the British poster printers, Chéret was also influenced by Rococo artists, such as Antoine Watteau. The demand for Chéret’s work grew, and he started working for different outfits, such as municipal festivals, beverage companies, and even pharmaceutical companies, producing different graphic advertisements. He was given the tag Father of the Women’s Liberation when he began producing huge paintings of free-spirited females, widely known as Chérettes, which were very much in contrast to the then-prevailing norm of depicting females as puritans or prostitutes. Examples of Chéret’s paintings include L’Arc en Ciel(1893), Grand Bal Masqué (1896), and Musée Grevin, Théâtre les Fantoches(1900).
Chéret was instrumental in the emergence of printers and poster designers in the late 1890s. He created the Maîtres de l’Affiche collection in 1895. This was a collection of reproductions from 97 Parisian artists, and the work inspired different artists, including Charles Gesmar. Chéret retired to Nice, France, when he was an old man. The French government awarded him the Légion d’honneur in 1890. He exhibited his work in different institutions, including the Louvre and the Salon, both in Paris. Chéret’s works are found in various institutions around the world, including the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan; the Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Jules Chéret died in Nice.
For earlier works by Chéret see parts 1 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of 7 on the works of Jules Chéret:
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| 1896 Qunqiuina Dubonnet colour lithograph 122.8 x 87.6 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| 1896 Théâtre de L'Opéra Carnaval 1896 colour lithograph |
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| 1896 Théâtre de l'Opéra colour lithograph 125 x 90 cm |
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| 1896 Untitled (Concert d'Été) |
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| 1896 Untitled (Woman in Harlequin costume) |
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| c1896 Théâtrophone colour lithograph |
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| 1897 Folies-Bergère, La Danse du Feu colour lithograph 125 x 99 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1897 Cacao Lhara colour lithograph 250 x 90 cm |
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| 1897 Grands Magasins du Louvre, Étrennes 1897 colour lithograph 122 x 83 cm |
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| 1897 Pan, a Journal of Satire two-colour lithograph 29.5 x 23.5 cm |
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| 1897 Parfumerie-distillerie Monaco Iris Villa, Monte Carlo colour lithograph (proof) 126 x 86 cm |
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| 1897 Parfumerie-distillerie Monaco Iris Villa, Monte Carlo colour lithograph126 x 86 cm |
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| 1897 Théâtre de l'Opéra, Fête du Printemps colour lithograph 111.4 x 87.7 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| 1898 Design for Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) |
Design for Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 colour lithographic plates used to create an art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller 11 x 15 inch format, was put together by Chéret.
The varied selection of prints were sold in packages of four and delivered monthly to subscribers. On sixteen occasions during the selling period between December 1895 and November 1900, the monthly package included a bonus of a specially created lithograph.
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| 1898 Exposition de Jules Chéret, Décembre 1889 colour lithograph |
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| 1898 Exposition de Tableaux et Dessins de A. Willette colour lithograph 32 x 23 cm |
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| 1898 Théâtre de l'Opéra, Jeudi 17 Mars colour lithograph 1m 24 cm x 88 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1898 Théâtre de l'Opéra, Samedi 7 Janvier, Grande Fête colour lithograph (proof) 124 x 88 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1898 Théâtre de l'Opéra, Samedi 7 Janvier, Grande Fête colour lithograph 124 x 88 cm |
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| 1898 Untitled lithograph |
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| 1899 Exposition Universelle de 1899, Le Pays de Fees colour lithograph |
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| 1899 Pippermint, Get Frères à Revel colour lithograph 122 x 85.5 cm |
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| 1899 Untitled (Musician) |
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| 1900 La Bodinière La Marche au Soleil colour lithograph 124 x 87 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1900 Benzo-Moteur, Essence Spéciale Pour Automobiles en Bidons Plombés et Capsulés colour lithograph 120 x 80 cm |
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| 1900 Folies-Bergère, Le Miroir Pantomime par René Maizeroy colour lithograph 125 x 90 cm |
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| 1900 L'Andalousie au Temps des Maures, Exposition de 1900 colour lithograph 129 x 93 cm |
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| 1900 La Dentellière two decorative panels for the publisher Malherbe for the 1900 World's Fair in Paris colour lithograph 123 x 86.2 cm |
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| 1900 La Fileuse two decorative panels for the publisher Malherbe for the 1900 World's Fair in Paris colour lithograph 119.3 x 80 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota |
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| 1900 Musée Grévin, Les Dames Hongroises colour lithograph |
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| 1900 Musée Grévin Théâtre colour lithograph 123 x 89 cm |
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| 1900 Musée Grévin Théâtre colour lithograph (proof) 123 x 89 cm |
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| 1900 Palais de Glace, Champs Elysées colour lithograph with brush, pen, and spatter 116.5 x 84 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1900 Palais de Glace, Champs Elysées |
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| 1900 Taverne Olympia, Restaurant ouvert toute la nuit colour lithograph |
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| 1900 Untitled (Dancer) |
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| c1900 A Bullfighter charcoal on paper 38 x 23 cm |
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| c1900 Dancer charcoal on paper 38.5 x 24.5 cm |
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| c1900 Dancer lithograph on vellum 31.5 x 22.8 cm |
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| c1900 Dancer with a Hat charcoal on paper 38.5 x 24.5 cm |
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| c1900 Jules Roques |
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| 1900c Musée Grévin, Magie Noire two-colour lithograph |
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| c1900 Paris Fashion |
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| 1901 Benzo-Moteur, Essence spéciale pour Automobiles colour lithograph 123 x 86.5 cm |
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| 1901 Cleveland Cycles colour lithograph 122.2 x 91.1 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| 1901 Cleveland Cycles colour lithograph (proof) 120 x 187 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1904 Arlette Dorgère colour lithograph 124 x 87 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| Arlette Dorgère |
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| 1904 Arlette Dorgère colour lithograph |
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| 1904 Le Figaro colour lithograph 85 x 62 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1904 Premier Concours de Balcons Fleuris organisé par la Société du Nouveau-Paris lithograph 128 x 92.5 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1906 Au Printemps Paris, Étrennes 1906 colour lithograph 155.5 x 87 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1907 Fêtes de Nice colour lithograph 107 x 75 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1909 Louis Vauxcelles charcoal on blue paper 35.5 x 22 cm |
