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| 1882 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet oil on canvas 96 x 130 cm Courtauld Gallery, London |
Artists in the late 1800s found opportunities to present their work to the masses through advertising art that began to appear as billboards and posters, plastering the streets of Paris. “Affiche Artistique” was the term that the French used to describe a poster that contained artistic expression. The art was so impressive to the public, people began to collect the posters as soon as they went up, which is why they are so scarce today.
Artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, and Alfred Choubrac, contributed to the creative body of work that became what some called “a free museum for the masses”. The craze for collecting these examples of modern art was even given the name, "affichomanie", meaning “artistic poster mania”. Collectors today pay hundreds, if not thousands for original prints of these rare posters.
This is part 1 of a 9-part series on art of the Belle Epoque:
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| 1880 Folies-Bergère Le Spectre de Paganini |
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| 1885 Folies-Bergère Poster by Émile Lévy and Co. |
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| 1887 Folies-Bergère Les Selbinis Famille de Vélocipédistes |
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| 1890 At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec oil on canvas 115.6 x 149.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère G. Lockart et ses Éléphants |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère L'Orchestre des Elephants |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère La Famille Birmane |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère Les Chiens Sauteurs présentés par Fred Leslie |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère Les Griffith's |
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| 1890 Folies-Bergère Les Trevally Acrobates |
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| 1892c La Loïe Fuller aux Folies Bergère poster by Ferdinad Bach |
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| La Loïe Fuller at the Folies Bergère |
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| 1894 Ambassadeurs Paris, Yvette Guilbert poster by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen |
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| Yvette Guilbert |
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| 1894 Folies-Bergère, Peter Jackson |
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| Peter Jackson |
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| 1895 Folies-Bergère, Le Kangourou Boxeur |
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| 1895 Folies-Bergére, Miss Mabel Love |
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| 1895 Folies-Bergère, Miss Mabel Love poster by Lucien Baylac |
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| Miss Mabel Love |
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| 1895 Folies-Bergère, Nala Damajanti Charmeuse Hindoue |
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| 1895c Salle Wagram, Bal Poster by Èmile Lévy and Co. |
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| 1896 Folies-Bergère, Lona Barrison poster by Albert Guillaume |
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| Lona Barrison |
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| 1897 Folies-Bergère, Matinée |
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| 1899 La Pépinière, Chauffons! Revue |
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| 1900 Folies Bergère, Tous les Soirs, Spectacle Varié poster by Leonetto Cappiello |
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| 1900s Ambassadeurs, Paris Tout Nu poster by Carlobali |
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| 1905 Bal du Moulin Rouge |
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| 1905 Bal du Moulin Rouge |
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| 1913c Mistinguett poster by Georges Kugelmann Benda |
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| 1920 Casino de paris, Mistinguette poster by Leonetto Cappiello |
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| Mistinguette |
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| 1920s Ba-Ta-Clan, La Danse de Libellules |
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| 1926c Folies Bergère poster by Maurice Picaud |
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| 1927 Josephine Baker au Bal Negre poster by André-Charles Caron |
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| Josephine Baker |
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| 1927c Folies-Bergère, La Grand Folie Hyper Revue poster by Fico |
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| 1927c Mistinguett poster by Rougemont |
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| 1928c Casino de Paris, Maurice Chevalier poster by Charles Kiffer |
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| Maurice Chevalier 1929 |
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| 1933 Folies en Folie, Mistinguette poster by Paul Selten (Seltenhammer) |
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| 1936 Josephine Baker, Folies Bergère poster by Michel Gyarmath |
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| 1936 Josephine Baker, Folies Bergère poster by Michel Gyarmath |
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| 1938 Mistinguett poster by Jean-Dominique van Laulaert |
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| Au Joyeaux Moulin Rouge |
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| Casino de Paris, Camille Stéfani |
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| Casino de Paris, Edith Piaf |
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| Edith Piaf |
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| Casino de Paris, The Sisters Levey |
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| The Sisters Levey |
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| Casino de Paris. Entrée 2Fr. |
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| Casino de Paris. Mistinguett poster by Videmanette Rougemont |
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