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 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of 7 on the works of Jules Chéret:
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| 1909 Georges Wague mime artist pastel |
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| c1909 Georges Wague mime artist pencil heightened with white chalk on grey paper 18.5 x 12.5 cm |
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| Georges Wague |
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| 1911 Chemins de fer P. L. M. Turin, Exposition Internationale colour lithograph 106 x 75 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1914 Exposition Internationale de Lyon colour lithograph 100 x 75 cm |
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| 1915 The Clown crayon on paper 39.4 x 23.5 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| 1920 Two Studies charcoal on paper 35 x 21 cm |
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| 1921 Casino Municipal de Nice colour lithograph (proof) 122 x 80 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| 1921 Femme de dos en Bleu charcoal drawing enhanced with pastel and coloured chalk 38 x 23 cm |
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| n.d. A Lady with black gloves powdering her face coloured crayon and India ink over graphite pencil on tan wove paper 59.3 x 42.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| n.d. Study of a woman charcoal on paper 32 x 22 cm |
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| n.d. Dancer or Artist In Colombine circus costume sanguine on paper 38.2 x 29.3 cm |
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| n.d. Decorative panel |
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| n.d. Eau-Rafael Désinfectant Insecticide colour lithograph |
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| n.d. Eau-Rafael Désinfectant Insecticide one-colour lithograph |
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| n.d. Jeune Femme One of a group of three trial proofs, lithograph printed in dark blue 51.8 x 35.8 cm |
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| n.d. Seated Woman chalk and gouache on paper 55.9 x 44.4 cm |
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| n.d. Six head Studies of Women charcoal on blue paper 21.3 x 35 cm |
Pastels & Oils:
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| c1885 Woman in Black with Muff oil on canvas 33 x 25 cm Musée d'art moderne André-Malraux |
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| 1888 Pierrot et Colombine au Moulin de la Galette pastel 55 x 32 cm |
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| c1890 Masquerade pastel on canvas 36 x 27 cm |
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| c1900 La Guirlande de Fleurs pastel on canvas 40 x 23.5 cm |
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| c1900 Woman in a Yellow Dress pastel on linen 102.8 x 72.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota |
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| c1904-06 Head Studies pastel 34 x 75 cm |
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| 1905 Folie et Gaité pastel on canvas and stretcher 64 x 44 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1909 Colombine and Pierrot pastel on canvas 62.9 x 47.9 cm |
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| n.d. A Musical Evening pastel 40.5 x 30.5 |
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| n.d. Danseuse pastel on canvas 43 x 23.5 cm |
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| n.d. Danseuses pastel on canvas 65 x 45 cm |
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| n.d. Farandole, Colombine et Arlequin pastel on canvas 97 x 49 cm |
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| n.d. Femme aux Gants pastel |
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| n.d. Femme et Enfants Cueillant des Fleurs pastel on canvas 36 x 74 cm |
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| n.d. Joueuse de Banjo pastel on canvas 39 x 22 cm |
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| 1895 Young Girl with Straw Hat pastel on brown paper 47.3 x 39.4 cm |
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| n.d. La Farandole oil on canvas 124 x 60 cm |
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| n.d. La Farandole pastel |
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| n.d. La Musicienne pastel on canvas 31 x 19 cm |
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| n.d. Masquerade pastel 36 x 27 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| n.d. Pair of decorative panels (1) pastel on canvas 64 x 17 cm |
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| n.d. Pair of decorative panels (2) pastel on canvas 64 x 17 cm |
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| n.d. Personnages de la Commedia Dell'Arte dans un Parc pastel on canvas 77 x 108 cm |
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| n.d. Pierrot and Columbine pastel on canvas 31 x 54 cm |
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| n.d. Pierrot and Columbine pastel on canvas 163 x 73.5 cm |
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| n.d. Pierrot and Columbine pastel on canvas 163 x 73.5 cm |
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| n.d. Pierrot and Columbine pastel |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Woman pastel on canvas 46 x 38.5 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Woman pastel on paper 109 x 66.5 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| n.d. Tête de Femme oil on canvas 36 x 21.5 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| n.d. Trois études de visage de femmes pastel on canvas 44 x 57 cm |
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| n.d. Two Figures pastel |
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| n.d. Woman with Tambourine pastel |