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Maitres de l'Affiche, plate 137 - Jules Cheret #2353830

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Maitres de l'Affiche, plate 137 - Jules Cheret #2353830
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An original from the Maitres de l'affiches series - framed and ready to hang...</em></td>
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The Maitre de l'affiche posters were a collection sent to poster aficionados and subscribers just before the turn of the last century (roughly 1896-1900).
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL POSTER AND NOT A REPRODUCTION. IT IS PART OF THE COLLECTION OF THE MAITRE DE L'AFFICHE AND IS EMBOSSED WITH THE SEAL OF THE MAITRE.
By the 1890s the streets of every great metropolis were enlivened by large colourful posters . The poster had not only caught the fancy of the broad public, but its best examples were already being regarded as works of art (specifically, as fine prints) to be exhibited, reviewed in journals, collected and reprinted in a manageable form. In the last five years of the century, the Imprimerie Chaix was to play great part in codifying, hallowing and perpetuating the ebullient period of 'La Belle Epoque.' It was in those years that the firm published "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" (Masters of the Poster) reduced lithographic versions, in authentic colours, of the best posters of Europe and America, by more than 90 great artists, posters that bring the period to life." Appelbaum


LE Rappel
ARTIST : Jules Cheret (French 1836-1932)

Jules Cheret was born in Paris on May 31, 1836 in to a family of artisans. Since the family had little money, Jules Cheret?s formal education ended when at the age of 13, his family could no longer afford to keep him in school. His father, a typographer, placed Cheret in a three year apprenticeship with a lithographer.
over his lifetime He revolutionized ...
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#: 380011794798</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1896</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Chaix</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:12</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:9</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Maitres de l'Affiche, plate 137 - Jules Cheret</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:paper (framed)</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Montreal, Quebec</td></tr>
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