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 5 of a 9-part series on art of the Belle Epoque. For more works in the series see parts 1 - 4 also.
JULES CHÉRET ( 1836 - 1932 ) part 1:
Jules Chéret was born in Paris to a family of of artisans. Aged 13 he began a three-year Apprenticeship with a lithographer, after which his interest in painting led him to an art course at École Nationale de Dessin.
Between 1859 and 1866 he trained as a lithographer in London, where he was strongly influenced by the British approach to poster design and printing. On returning to France he created numerous posters for the theatres and music halls of the day where his work was in great demand, as well becoming a major force in the advertising industry.
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| 1875 Folie-Bergère, La Charmeuse de Serpents poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1875 Folies-Bergère, Thaumaturgie Humoristique poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1875 Tous les Soirs a 8 Heures, Folies-Bergère poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1876 Folies-Bergère, Skating Concert poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1876 Tous les Soirs a 8 Heures, Folies-Bergère poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1887 Exhibition of Arabs of the Sahara Desert poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1888 Bullier poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1888 Exposition, Tableaux 7 Dessins de A. Willette poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1888 Kinia Raffard poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1888 L'Amant des Danseuse Eldorado Music Hall poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 Bal du Moulin Rouge poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 Exposition Universelle des Arts Incoherents poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 Job, Cigarette Papers stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 Job, Cigarette Papers stage 2 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 Jouets, Objets pour Etrennes poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1889 La Gomme poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Bagnères de Luchon, Fête des Fleurs poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Jardin de Paris, fete de Nuit Bal poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 La Diaphane, Sarah Bernhardt poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Maquettes Animées de Georges-Bertrand poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Moulin Rouge poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Paris Courses poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890 Théâtrophone poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1890c Arlette Dorgère poster by Jules Chéret |
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| Arlette Dorgère |
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| 1890 L'HIver à Nice poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 2me Expostion de Mille Dessins originaux du Courrier Français stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 2me Expostion de Mille Dessins originaux du Courrier Français stage 2 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Purgative Géraudel stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Ambassadeurs, la jolie Fagette poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Casino de Paris, Camille Stèfani poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Comedy (decorative panel) by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Dance (decorative panel) by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Music (decorative panel) by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Pantomime (decorative panel) by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Cosmydor Savon poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Grands Magasins du Louvre, Jouets Etrennes poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 L'Infamant poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Les Coulisses de l'Opera au Musée Grévin poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Librairie Ed. Sagot poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Purgatif Géradel poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Purgatif Géradel poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891 Yvette Guilbert au Concert Parisien poster by Jules Chéret |
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| Yvette Guilbert |
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| 1891-93 Folies-Bergère, L'Arc en Ciel stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1891-93 Folies-Bergère, L'Arc en Ciel stage 2 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1892 Olympia anciennes Montagnes Russes stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1892 Olympia anciennes Montagnes Russes stage 2 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1892 Pantomimes Lumineuses stage 1 poster by Jules Chéret |
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| 1892 Pantomimes Lumineuses stage 2 poster by Jules Chéret |
Works by Jukes Cherét continue in part 6.
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