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Achille Beltrame (Italian 1871-1945)
Beltrame was a painter and illustrator who worked for several years with Leopoldo Metlicovitz at the Ricordi printing plant.
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Achille Mauzan (French 1883-1952)
Mauzan produced paintings, prints and over 2000 posters over the course of his long, prodigious career. He moved to Italy at 22, where he had immense success and remained there for nearly 20 years.
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Adolfo De Karolis (Italian 1874-1928)
"Like his fellow members of the Italian artists' group 'In Artes Libertas,' Karolis was strongly influenced by the principles of the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" (Rennert)
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Adolfo Hohenstein (German 1854-1928)
Adolfo Hohenstein spent his whole career with Ricordi the great Italian publishing company. He began working there in 1889 designing sheet music covers for operas. Shortly thereafter he became art director of the firm and began to design posters. He had a large influence on the young artists who joined the studio (Metlicovitz, Dudovitch, Capiello, Laskoff, and others) many of whom went on to great renown. After work in the early 1890s, which clearly shows the influence of Jules Cheret, Hohenstein's work, incorporating elements of Mucha's art, began to find its own flamboyant style" (Swann)
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Albert George Morrow (French 1863-1927)
Irish born poster artist of great skill, contributor to Parisian humour magazines.
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Albert Guillaume (French 1873-1942)
"Paris sheltered hundreds of painters at this period. A great many of them brought what talent they had to the great adventure of the poster, for which demand continued to grow as it became the vogue. (including) Albert Guillaume, caricaturist, who was one of the most prolific artists for beverages and various products for whom he made use of a whole gallery of figures." (Weill p.47)
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Aldo Mazza (Italian 1880-1964)
A native of Milan, Mazza was a book illustrator and cartoonist who worked for many years for the periodical "Guerin Mschino" His poster work was marked by boldness and versatility.
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Aleardo Terzi (Italian 1870 - 1943)
"Terzi was born in Palermo on the island of Sicily, by 1900 we find him doing drawings in for the Rome daily 'La Tribuna Illustrata'. From then on he starts working in posters for Ricordi among others. His draftsmanship as well as His feelings for colours are impeccable, his designs always pictorially fascinating... One of the masters of early poster design in Italy" (Rennert)
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Aleardo Villa (Italian 1865-1906)
Villa joined the Ricordi printing house in 1895, and contributed a number of gorgeous designs for the Mele clothing story, one of the printer's biggest clients.
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Alexander Calder (American 1898-1976)
“Alexander Calder was best known for his invention of the mobile and his wire sculptures. My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses, and movement, the artist once said. Born in 1898 in Lawnton, PA, Calder turned to art in the 1920s, studying drawing and painting at the Art Students League in New York. He moved to Paris to continue his studies in 1926, where he was introduced to the European avant-garde through performances of his Cirque Calder. I was very fond of the spatial relations, the whole thing of the vast space. I’ve always loved it, he said of his interest in the circus. Calder attracted the attention of such notable figures as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Fernand Léger. Over the course of seven decades, along with his famous mobiles, he also produced paintings, stabiles, standing mobiles, monumental outdoor sculptures, works on paper, domestic objects, and jewelry. He lived in both Roxbury, CT, and Saché, France, before his death in 1976 in New York, NY. Today, his works are found in major collections including The Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London." (artnet.com)
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Alexandre Charpentier (French 1856-1909)
A sculptor, poster artist and medallist, who won grand prize at the Paris World's fair of 1900.
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Alexandre de Riquer (Spanish 1856-1920)
Alexandre de Riquer (Spanish, 1856-1920) Spain's most successful exponent of the Art Nouveau style inspired by Grasset and Mucha.
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Alexej von Jawlensky Russian (1864-1941)
Jawlensky was one of the best portrait artists of the Expressionism school, and ranked among the great modern artists from Russia, Jawlensky, was classically trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, under Ilya Repin (1844-1930). He however was not destined to develop into a traditional artist, and instead became one of Europe's leading Expressionist painters. In 1896 he moved to Germany and became a founding member of the New Munich Artist's Association. Later he became one of the five core artists in Der Blaue Reiter - one of the most influential groups involved in German Expressionism. Known as the "Russian Matisse", Jawlensky's vivid colourism and passionate brushstrokes were key features of his art. Early influences came from Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky and Van Gogh. Jawlensky is best known for his portrait art, notably his sequences of Heads, Jawlensky's expressionism is instantly recognizable and, along with that of Modigliani, ranks among the most sought after work from the early 20th century.(visual-arts-cork.com)
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Alfred Agache (French 1843-1915)
Alfred Pierre Agache also known simply as Alfred Agache, was a French academic painter. Little is known of Agache’s life. He was born in Lille, France, and exhibited his work frequently in Paris until his death. He seems to have specialized in portraits and large-scale allegorical paintings. He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, and won a third-class medal in 1885 for his work. He may have been friends with American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler and French writer Auguste Angellier; the latter dedicated a book to him around 1893. (thewomangallery.com)
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Alfred Manessier (French 1911-1993)
Alfred Manessier was a French artist whose abstract stained-glass windows, tapestries, and paintings renewed an interest in sacred art. Manessier’s use of luminous colors and dynamic shapes merged the influence of Paul Klee with a Christian reverence for light. “It's the passages between things which interest me,” he once said. “Something circulates amongst all forms of human experience ensuring a profound unity.” (Artnet.com)
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Alice Russell Glenny (American 1858-1924)
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“Alice Russell Glenny was a painter, sculptor and graphic artist who lived on Amherst Street in Buffalo, New York. She was born in Detroit but moved to New York as a young woman, where she studied under William Merritt Chase. She also studied with Gustav Boulanger in Paris. Glenny exhibited four designs at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, including her original design of The Maid of the Mist that was reproduced on the cover of a booklet for the Board of Women Managers.
Glenny was the president of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo on Delaware Avenue, from 1899-1900. She was instrumental in the decoration of the interior of the club, designing the carpet on the second floor as well as the wallpaper for several rooms, which was produced by the M.H. Birge Wallpaper Company. She started a series of murals depicting the seven ages of women and related themes for the music room at the club in 1900. The last panel of the mural was completed and installed in 1920 when the room was renamed the Alice Glenny Room. Glenny was also President of the Buffalo Society of Artists in 1893-1894, 1903-1904 and in 1096-1908. Her prints and posters are included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” (Burchfieldpennt.org) -
Alphonse Mucha (Czech 1860-1939)
"Alphonse Maria Mucha is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century. As a struggling and relatively unknown artist of Czech origin living in Paris, Mucha achieved immediate fame when, in December 1894, he accepted a commission to create a poster for one of the greatest actresses of this time, Sarah Bernhardt.
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Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)
Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century, creating some of the most recognizable images ever produced. Challenging the idealist visions and personal emotions conveyed by abstraction, Warhol embraced popular culture and commercial processes to produce work that appealed to the general public. He was one of the founding fathers of the Pop art movement, expanding the ideas of Duchamp by challenging the very definition of art. His artistic risks and constant experimentation with subjects and media made him a pioneer in almost all forms of visual art. His unconventional sense of style and his celebrity entourage helped him reach the mega-star status to which he aspired." (theartstory.org)
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Arpad Basch (Hungarian)
Poster artist, studied art in Budapest, Munich, and Paris. He contributed many drawings to illustrated magazines.
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Arthur Wesley Dow (American 1857-1922)
Arthur Wesley Dow was an artist, teacher and theoretician whose interest in the design principles of Eastern art helped pave the way for the development of Modernism in the United States. A native of Ipswich, Dow studied in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Paris, before returning to his native town in 1889. There while painting of the low-lying salt marshes near his home, he developed the views on mass, line, and color that became the basis for his influential book of 1899 entitled Composition.
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Auguste Donnay (Belgian 1862-1921)
A painter, poster artist and printmaker. A symbolist with a mystical tinge.
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Auguste Roedel (French 1859-1900)
A poster artist, illustrator, and lithographer. He aligned himself in Paris with a group of artists of Montemarte including Willette.
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Beggarstaff
The Beggarstaffs (Sir William Nicholson, English, 1872-1949 & James Pryde, Scottish, 1866-1941) Under the pseudonym, they virtually created the modern poster, with clear outlines and large areas of flat colour. Perhaps the most influential graphic designers of all time.
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Bernard Lorjou (French 1908-1986)
"Any person who has not yet heard of this name should hasten to retain it to memory, for this man is probably the greatest painter of the 20th century."
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(Look magazine May 4th 1954)
"Many artists in Montparnasse and Montmartre regard [Lorjou] as the hero of modern painting. He regards Picasso as old-fashioned, and goes in for powerful ultra-modern paintings in brilliant colours, many above life-size."
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Boutet de Monvel (French 1851-1913)
An important painter and poster artist (including religious and oriental subjects), as well he illustrated many children books.
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Caran d'Ache (French 1858-1909)
Renowned illustrator and poster artist, born in Moscow, used the Russian word for pencil (karandásh) as his name.
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Chagall
Chagall's first colour lithographs had been drawn whilst he was in New York but it was in the stimulating atmosphere of the Mourlot studio, where Picasso had found such inspiration from 1945, that Chagall's real pleasure in the medium of colour lithography came to full fruition in the years from the beginning of the 1950's. (Weston)
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Charles Guérin (French 1875-1939)
"Guérin admired the work of the Impressionists Monet and Renoir, but it was Cezanne whose work impressed the fervent opponent of academicism. His paintings are distinguished by the vibrant use of colour and brush technique that has been described as 'frisky': A palette bursting with bold, sometimes un mixed colours, applied in short strokes and pointilles. His sensual portraits of women and nudes are especially cherished." (simonis-buunk.com)
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Charles H. Woodbury (American 1864-1940)
Painter and poster artist, studied in Paris, influenced by Japanese art.
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Charles Huard (French 1874-1965
A French painter, engraver and illustrator who began by working for newspapers of the time such as La Libre Parole illustrée , then at L'Assiette au beurre . He quickly made a name for himself in the publishing world. During the 1914-1918 war, he was employed by the French government to report on military life and scenes.
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Chris Yaneff (Canadian 1938-2004)
The design team of Yaneff and Gotthans created award winning designs from 1960 to 2004.
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Contemporary Gallery
A gorgeous collection of the very best modern works. From Chagall to Warhol.
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Crafty (French 1840-1906)
A poster artist who designed many albums of humourous drawings, specializing in horses and coaches.
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Das Moderne Plakat
The Modern Poster (translation) is a wonderful collection of 52 smaller format original posters printed in Dresden in 1897. From Steinlen to Cheret.
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Dudley Hardy (English 1866-1922)
"The prolific English artist Dudley Hardy is best known for his work for publications and the theatre, both as a illustrator and posterist. His work for commercial firms is considerably rarer. And yet his contribution to poster art is considerable: 'He really introduced the colour poster to England…His posters are strongly derivative of Cheret's. Like Cheret he appreciated the advertising value of sex-appeal, and his recurring subjects are legs, tutu's, frou-frous and legs again. The range of expression and antic is between a frisky insousance and a brassier glamour' (Hillier p.97)" (Rennert)
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Dufy
The Brilliant Fauvist painter, draftsman, and printmaker Raoul Dufy inspired a wide range of fine and decorative artists with his playful style and appealing subject matter. Dufy drew inspiration from Impressionists Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet and closely studied the works of Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse.
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Duyck & Crespin
Duyck & Crespin, whose close collaborative poster efforts garnered them the nickname 'the Siamese twins.'
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E. Barcet (French)
A French draftsman, poster artist and etcher who exhibited in Paris early in the 20th century.
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E. Charles Lucas (French)
Very competent poster artist, who did several works for the Paris daily "Le Journal."
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Edouard Manet (French 1831-1883)
A French painter who was active during the transition from realism to Impressionism which was a style of painting noted for its visible brush strokes. In the 1800s, Manet was one of the first artists to explore modern life; most of work consisted of café and Parisian street scenes, character studies, social activities, and war. Unique to his painting style were his free, rough brush strokes, naturalistic lighting, and the way he outlined the human figure in black.
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Edward Burne-Jones (English 1833-1898)
"One of the leading painters and designers of late 19th-century England, whose romantic paintings using medieval imagery were among the last manifestations of the Pre-Raphaelite style. More long-lasting is his influence as a pioneer of the revival of the ideal of the “artist-craftsman,” so influential to the development of 20th-century industrial design." (Britannica.com)
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Edward Penfield (American 1866-1922)
The originator of the poster in America, best remembered for his Harper's posters.
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Emile Berchmans (Belgian 1867-1947)
A renowned painter, poster artist and lithographer who did various strong posters as well as drawings for books and magazines.
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Enrico Sacchetti (Italian 1877-1967)
"His posters constitute an extension and advancement of his caricatures, and show convincingly his abilities to dominate the poster surface. His unmistakable style features jagged drawing and elongated and elegant silhouettes, sometimes placed near the edge of the composition" (Mele pp. 209)
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Ethel Reed (American Born 1876)
Responsible for some of the best American posters produced between 1895 and 1900.
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Etienne Moreau-Nelaton (French 1859-1927)
A successful painter who embarked on a wonderful poster career, which extended from 1894 until WWI.
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Eugene Alain Seguy (French 1889-1985)
Extremely little is known about E.A. Seguy who was active in Paris from 1900 to 1925. His mastery of decorative design and coloration is evident in the beautiful pochoir portfolios he created. Unusual in his capacity to span the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, Seguy's portfolio's remain exquisite examples of ornamentation and composition.
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Eugène Grasset (Swiss 1841-1917)
"Grasset did much to introduce the concept and practice of Art Nouveau in France. In fact, Grasset brought Art Nouveau to the poster: it was to become a worldwide vehicle of the art of advertising. In France, Grasset was the pioneer of an attempt, like that of William Morris in England, to reconcile art and industry…Interested as he was in all the applied arts he came naturally to the poster." (Weill p.32)
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F. A. Cazals (French 1865-1941)
Poster artist, famous chiefly for his lithographic portraits of his friend, the symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
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Felix Vallotton (French-Swiss 1865-1925)
Illustrator and poster artist, of great renown. He has been called "the Swiss Ingre."
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Ferdinand-Louis Gottlob (French 1873 - 1935)
Fernand-Louis Gottlob was born in Paris. He was a student of Jobbe-Duval, Laporte and G. Fuchs. He worked as a portraitist, graphic artist, and book illustrator during the period of the Belle Epoque. In 1891 he began to exhibit at the official Salons and by 1897 he worked as a caricaturist for illustrated papers in Paris, including "Le Rire", "Sourire", and "Le Journal Amusant". He was particularly well-known for his humorous illustrations. Nothing is known of his life or career after the beginning of the century.
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Fernand Léger (French 1881-1955)
Regarded as the forerunner of the Pop Art style, Fernand Leger was a French painter, sculptor and filmmaker, working in his own form of cubism, modified into a figurative style. Among the most prominent artists in Paris in the first half of the 20th century, His mature work underwent many changes, from a Cubist-derived abstraction in the 1910s to a distinctive realist imagery in the 1950s. Léger attracted numerous students to his various schools, and his ideas and philosophy were disseminated by modern artists throughout Europe and the Americas.
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Fernand Toussaint (Belgian 1873-1955)
Painter and exceptional poster artist who exhibited with the famous Sillon Group.
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Fernel (F. Cerckel) (Belgian 1872-1934)
A poster artist who was a specialist in circus and theatrical subjects.
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Francisco Tamagno (Italian 1851-1933)
Tamagno was an Italian painter and poster artist, active in France between 1880 and 1914. After training in Rome in watercolor and lithography around 1870-1873, a period during which he produced a few posters (printed in Rome and Lyon), Francisco Tamagno entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris. Working mainly with the Parisian printing works of Victor Camis located 58 rue Saint-Sabin, he received a large number of orders and executed between 1890 and 1900, more than a hundred posters of remarkable graphic quality. In 1905, he moved to the Gallice printing press. In 1898, he invented the "Pierrot" for the Cointreau brand, inspired by a photograph by Nadar of the mime Najac: his advertising character would be used for 50 years. After 1918, Tamagno produced a few more posters for stores ( Confections pour dames, Roubaix) or the cinema ( Judex , Quatre-vingt treize ), printed by Delattre (Paris).
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Frank Hazenplug (American Born 1873)
Illustrator and poster artist, most famous for "Chap-Book" work.
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Franz Laskoff (Polish 1869-1921)
As a young man Laskoff studied in Strasbourg, Paris and London. It was there that he found the greatest influences on his style, as his work with flat colors was certainly inspired by Aubrey Beardsley and the Beggarstaff Brothers. When he arrived in Italy in 1900 he went straight to work for Ricordi, and began producing exceptional posters for the company's largest accounts. His style is dramatically different from his contemporary counterparts at Ricordi, Adolfo Hohenstein and Leopoldo Metlicovitz. Unlike the exuberant Liberty Style, Laskoff employs minimal outlining and minimal decorative effects, and uses flat colors to design strong images. (Swann)
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Fritz Rehm (German 1871-1928)
A prolific illustrator and poster artist working in his native Munich.
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Gallo (Italian)
This is a selection from the very rare commemorative portfolio published by the renown Italian printer Ricordi in 1914. The portfolio consisted of 70 lithographic plates (smaller versions) of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914.
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George Rochegrosse (French 1859-1938)
" Rochegrosse honed his illustrative technique on the books of his era's literary giants: Theophile Gautier, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, and others. He was also house artist for the magazine La Vie Parisienne. Here, the romantic sweep of his presentation, however, obscures the controversial stir the operetta created in its day from the contemporary eye. "'Louise' . . . is the story of a working girl who falls in love with a poet and goes to live with him, to the horror of her parents. They contrive to get her back, but their rigid values and drab existence are pitted against the bohemian life of Montmartre. Montmartre wins, Charpentier . . . broke with operatic tradition in portraying the seamy side of contemporary life and his heroine was the symbol of a new freedom in the new century" (Rennert, PAI-XXXVII, 256)
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Georges De Feure (French 1868-1943)
An exceptionally skilled prolific poster artist whose unique style combined elements of Art Nouveau, Japanese prints and Symbolism.
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Georges Desvallières ( French 1861-1950)
"Desvallières’s powerful style is embodied in figures drawn from heroic antiquity and, later, in the deep expression of a religious faith rekindled by his experience of the First World War. Committed and engaged, Desvallières was an exceptional figure whose work immerses us in the creative world of the interwar years." (petitpalais.paris.fr)
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Georges Meunier (French 1869-1942)
"Meunier, a beaux Arts-trained painter and decorative artist, also designed 56 known posters that are much in the manner of Cheret, not surprising since he worked at the master's Chaix printing plant, started in 1894" (Rennert)
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German Graphic Design series 1927
Small format, affordable brilliant rare Art Deco Design from a study of German commercial graphics. Tipped-in color plates of work by Bernhard, Hohlwein, Klinger, Preetorius, Gipkens, Kleukens, Cissarz, Pechstein and many others.
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Gian Emilio Malerba (Italian 1880-1926)
The imagery and chiaroscuro shadings typify not only Mataloni's work but that of Metlicovitz and Dudovich from about 1898 to 1910. But far from being an imitator, he in fact preceded those colleagues at Ricordi printing, where he arrived in 1890. He brought Art Nouveau to Italy and remained a powerful force in poster art. (Rennert)
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Giuseppe Palanti (Italian)
This is a selection from the very rare commemorative portfolio published by the renown Italian printer Ricordi in 1914. The portfolio consisted of 70 lithographic plates (smaller versions) of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914.
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Greg’s Latest Acquisitions
These are Greg’s latest poster selections acquired from all around the world. An eclectic collection of different sizes, styles, and subjects, printed from the 1890's to 2001.
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Gustave Fraipont (Belgian 1849-1923)
A printmaker and poster artist who did many posters associated with his own print shop as well as travel.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864-1901)
His (poster) masterpieces define the limits of poster style: where Cheret epitomizes a completely external, impersonal viewpoint, Lautrec is the embodiment of internal, personal vision with a point to make, not, to be sure, a moral judgment, but rather an amused, wry observation on the passing scene.
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Henri Evenepoël (Belgian 1872-1899)
A poster artist with a strong sense of colour who specialized in the depiction of children.
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Henri Gerbault (French 1863-1930)
A poster artist famous for his contributions to Parisian humour magazines including Le Rire.
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Henri Jules Guinier (French 1867-1927)
Guinier was an excellent pastellist and colorist and painted many portraits, mostly of women.
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"More than landscapes and seascapes, Guinier, a portrait painter, in Brittany attached himself to the human figure, observed in the activities of daily life. Cornouaille Finistérienne but also Le-Faouët were the places of inspiration for a large number of his paintings, pastels and watercolors, as evidenced by his annual submissions to the Salons." (galerie-drylewicz.com) -
Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954)
The art of the 20th century has been dominated by two men, Matisse and Picasso. Henri Matisse is regarded as the "Master of Colour" It was at the end of the 1940's, when eighty years old and increasingly infirm, that Matisse embarked on a new style which was to prove to be one of the greatest achievements of his art, the idea of creating images with collages of cut paper painted in strong colours, often combined with single stroke drawings using a broad brush in indian ink, creating truly magnificent posters. The great works of this period have become amongst his most celebrated creations.
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Henri Meunier (Belgian 1873-1922)
Considered one of the very best of all Belgian poster artists.
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Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French 1867-1936)
Painter, poster artist, contributed to Parisian humour magazines. Collaborated with his friend Toulouse-Lautrec, who began lithography at his insistence. "Ibels started out as stage decorator and play producer then entered the Academie Julian where he associated himself with the Nabi group. He kept up his contacts with the acting profession, designing scenery for the Theâtre Libre and the Theâtre de l'Art and producing posters for their programs. (Wine Spectator 55)
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Henrick Cassiers (Belgian 1858-1944)
"The Master of the shipping poster," who always added the human touch to his designs.
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Hommage to Lautrec
A collection of 100 original posters printed by 100 graphic designers as a tribute to Toulouse-Lautrec, for the Centenary of his death printed in Paris in 2001.
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Hugo d'Alesi (French, Romanian 1849-1906)
Noted for his exceptional travel posters that were commissioned by railroad lines.
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James Abbot McNeil Whistler (American 1834-1903)
"Whistler is one of the truly great painters of the nineteenth century. Yet it is in his oeuvre of original etchings and lithographs that his true genius becomes most apparent and his influence upon the development of twentieth century art is at its most far reaching. Whistler turned first to etching and his initial great works in this medium date from the mid 1850's when he lived in Paris and met such artists as Degas, Legros and Courbet." (artoftheprint.com)
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James Tissot (French 1836-1902)
James Tissot’s career spanned three successful periods: his early years in Paris (1859-1870), his business-like decade in London (1871-1882), and his later years in France and the Holy Land (1883-85), depicting fashionable women of Belle Époque Paris and making research trips for his series of Bible illustrations. In the first half of the 20th century, there was a re-kindling of interest in his portraits of fashionable ladies and some fifty years later, these were achieving record prices.
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Jasper Johns
The American artist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, from President Barack Obama, a man often identified as one of the key progenitors of Pop and Minimal Art, with works in nearly every major American art museum, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Creator of the most expense painting (Flag) ever sold by a living artist ($110 million)
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Jean-Louis Forain (French 1852-1931)
Jean-Louis Forain specialized in painting, print making, and illustration. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he showed with the Impressionists and worked as a caricaturist for a number of French illustrated newspapers. During the First World War, he served in the Section de Camouflage and as a war correspondent. A number of the caricatures he published with the popular press became posters and postcards. Forain was a harsh critic of his own paintings, a complicated medium he professed that was difficult to determine if and when it was finished. Nonetheless his work influenced the style of a younger generation of more socially conscious artists including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Josef Rudolf Witzel (German 1867-1924)
A successful illustrator, painter, and poster Artist. He contributed extensively to the magazine Jugend.
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Joseph Leyendecker (German/American 1874-1951)
Leyendecker was one of America's favorite illustrators. His creations for men's fashions including Arrow Shirts, became synonymous with elegance in America.
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Joseph Sattler (German 1867-1931)
Prolific illustrator and poster artist, most famous for his work for Pan magazine.
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Jules Cheret (French 1836-1932)
“The man who places something good where before was nothing but bad, something beautiful where before was ugliness, is a veritable missionary. Jules Chéret went out into the desert and produced an oasis—beauty where none was expected. Reds, yellows and blues are not tractable; yet they are a part of the language of the advertiser. He sounds a trumpet in prismatic colors; he announces a sale, a cure-all, a new book, a play, a singer.” Louis H. Gibson, “Jules Chéret,” Modern Art 1, no. 1 (Winter 1893).
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"His (poster) masterpieces define the limits of poster style: where Cheret epitomizes a completely external, impersonal viewpoint, Lautrec is the embodiment of internal, personal vision with a point to make, not, to be sure, a moral judgment, but rather an amused, wry observation on the passing scene. The achievement of Cheret was to create a world of explosive happiness, and to paste it on the walls of Paris. As a painter he will be remembered for what Huysmans calls his 'spirit of nervous gaiety', as a lithographer for his superb technique, and as a poster artist for being the ancestor of all modern advertising." (Abdy p.36) -
Jules Cheret's most famous "Four Arts"
"…there is nothing to say about these designs other than they are perfect.
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Jules-Alexandre Grun (French 1868-1934)
His wonderful posters captured the carefree nightlife of Paris.
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Julius Klinger (German 1876–1942)
“Recognized as one of the leading graphic artists of the modern age, Austrian designer Julius Klinger (1876–1942) transformed commercial visual culture through his innovative advertising posters, book and magazine illustrations, mass promotional campaigns, ornamental and typographical design, and brand development. Associated with both the Vienna Secession and Jugendstil at the turn of the twentieth century, Klinger became famous as a poster designer in Germany, eventually returning to Austria to found a studio at the outbreak of the First World War. He would stay in Vienna, with two short visits to the United States, until his deportation to a Minsk extermination camp, where he was killed in 1942.” (Poster House)
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Julius Price (English died 1924)
Successful poster artist and painter exhibiting in London.
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L'Estampe Moderne
L'Estampe Moderne (The Modern Print) was a glorious collection of 100 original Art Nouveau lithographs printed in Paris between 1897-1898. From Mucha to De Feure.
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Not unlike the Maitres de L'Affiche series, L'Estampe Moderne was a portfolio printed between 1897-98, published by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, contained 24 monthly portfolios, with four original lithographs in each. Each commissioned only for this series. Some of the contributing artists included Mucha, Rhead, Meunier, Ibels, Steinlen, Willette and Grasset.
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Leger
Regarded as the forerunner of the Pop Art style, Leger was a painter, sculptor and filmmaker, working in his own form of cubism, modified into a figurative style. Among the most prominent artists in Paris in the 20th century, his mature work underwent many changes, from a Cubist-derived abstraction to a distinctive realist imagery in the 1950s.
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Leo Gausson (French 1860-1944)
A painter, poster artist and sculpture that was a member of late and post-impressionist circles.
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Leo Putz (German 1869-1940)
Best known for his portraits, landscapes, and figural paintings of nudes painted in a colorfully style. His work encompasses Art Nouveau, Impressionism and the beginnings of Expressionism.
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Leon Constant Duval ( French 1877–1956)
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A French artist and poster designer born in Champlau, Yonne, France. Between 1910 and the nationalization of the French railways in 1937, Duval created posters for the different French railway companies, illustrating sites accessible by the railway. His posters were printed as lithographs in Paris by the printer Champenois until 1920. As a painter, Duval exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1904, the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des artistes français, and the Salon d'hiver. (doaks.org -
Leonetto Cappiello (Italian 1875-1942)
Leonetto Cappiello is the Father of the Modern Poster. He started his arts career as a caricature artist in 1896 illustrating for French journals like Le Rire, Le Cri de Paris, Le Sourire, L’Assiette au Beurre, La Baionnette, Femina, and others. His early caricature style was seen to be influenced by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who was already the most famous artist of the time. Cappiello's defining caricature works was "Les Contemporains Celebres". He pictured above in studio creating a work for this series, Mme. Jane Hading, which is offered in the collection below.
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"Cappiello developed a penchant for contagious exuberance and intoxicating overstatement, as well as the technique of utilizing strong, flat colors against dark backgrounds, Cappiello's posters shocked, surprised and moved the viewer; he arrested the attention of the passerby with incongruity, and as a result, effectively etched an image into their mind's eye. He created an entirely new advertising vocabulary and his posters can be said to be fantastic - in a completely literal sense." (Jack Rennert) -
Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Italian 1868-1944)
Metlicovitz became a painter and portraitist without any formal training. He came to Milan in 1891 and joined the Ricordi Printing house, quickly becoming it's technical director. He developed an original approach to light and shadow and became one of Italy's greatest Poster artists creating some of the most famous "Mele" designs among others. A true Master.
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Masters of the Poster: a brilliant collection of 256 small format original posters printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris 1895-1900. It contains the best of 'La Belle Epoque' (The Beautiful Era). Yaneff.com is the world's leading expert on this series. -
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Les Maitres de l’Affiche
Masters of the Poster: a brilliant collection of 256 small format original posters printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris 1895-1900. It contains the best of 'La Belle Epoque' (The Beautiful Era). Yaneff.com is the world's leading expert on this series.
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Louis Anquetin (French 1861-1932)
A pupil of Manet, influenced by Degas and Van Gogh, a poster artist and painter who principally did portraits.
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Louis Anquetin (French 1861-1932)
A pupil of Manet, influenced by Degas and Van Gogh, a poster artist and painter who principally did portraits.
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Louis Rhead (American 1857-1926)
Born in England, made famous by his poster work for the New York Sun and the Journal. The American master of Art Nouveau.
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Luc-Olivier Merson (French 1846-1920)
A Painter and illustrator. Son of Charles Olivier Merson (1822-1902), trained by Pils and Chassevent. He won the Prix de Rome in 1869. Became a leading exponent of Classicism in France, and received numerous commissions under the Third Republic for decorative cycles in public buildings. Member of the Institut in 1892 and Professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1894, later resigning in protest against the lowering of standards in modern art. (britishmuseum.org)
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Lucien Lefevre (French 1850-1902)
“The life of Lucien Lefèvre is, to this day, very little known. He first studied industrial design and, perhaps, the art of portraiture, before exhibiting at the Salon des Indépendants in 1872 and 1873. Having become a pupil of Jules Chéret, and initially influenced by him, he began to practice the art of lithography at Chaix, then acquired a certain reputation as a poster artist from 1890. He appeared in three issues of the review Les Maîtres de l'Affiche (pl. 11, 55, 90). He remained active until 1902 and then we lost track of him.” (peoplepill.com)
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Lucien Metivet (French 1863-1932)
French poster artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and author who achieved notoriety during the Belle Epoque. Best known for his posters of the chanteuse Eugénie Buffet, he was also a popular cover artist for the Parisian humor magazine Le Rire and a frequent contributor of cartoons and illustrations to it and other magazines. He illustrated books by a number of prominent authors of the time and wrote at least two books of his own.
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Ludovico Cavaleri (Italian)
These are a selection from the very rare commemorative portfolio published by the renown Italian printer Ricordi in 1914. The portfolio consisted of 70 lithographic plates (smaller versions) of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914.
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Ludwig Hohlwein
A marvelous collection of small format original posters printed in Berlin in 1926
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by one of the world’s greatest poster artists.
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Ludwig Hohlwein (German 1874-1949)
Leading poster historian Alain Weill comments that "Hohlwein was the most prolific and brilliant German posterist of the 20th century...Beginning with his first efforts, Hohlwein found his style with disconcerting facility. It would vary little for the next forty years. The drawing was perfect from the start, nothing seemed alien to him, and in any case, nothing posed a problem for him. His figures are full of touches of color and a play of light and shade that brings them out of their background and gives them substance "(Weill) Self-taught as a designer, he was greatly influenced by the brilliant work of Beggarstaff.
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Luigi Emilio Caldanzano (Italian)
Caldanzano can be considered one of the greatest exponents of the art of advertising posters . He moved to Milan in 1910, began working as a graphic designer at the Officine Grafiche Ricordi alongside prestigious poster designers such as Marcello Dudovich and Leopoldo Metlicovitz. At that time he made some Sardinian-inspired covers for the magazine “ Ars et Labor”, Covers for musical scores, posters for plays, etc. He was also one of the first to try his hand at the nascent poster design linked to cinema and, in 1914, he was able to work, in together with Metlicovitz, on the series of posters for the film Cabiria by Giovanni Pastrone.
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M. Louis Stowell (American)
A student of Dow, did only one exquisite poster for the Humphrey bookstore in Rochester, N.Y.
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Marc Chagall (Russian/French 1887-1985)
"Mark Zakharovich Shagal was born in the town of Vitebsk in White Russia in 1887. The oldest child in a large, penniless family, he grew up in a very devout Jewish environment. The security he experienced in his youth (that is the love, the warmth, the joy of festivities) would form the foundation for Chagall's entire life, and is a constant in his work. France became his second home, which he left only when World War II forced him to flee to America. Upon his return, Chagall met a young man at the famous Parisian printer Mourlot who was able to do all kinds of things with the lithographic technique: Charles Sorlier the head of lithography department. Artists such as Miro, Léger, Picasso and Matisse brought their lithographic stones here to have them printed. It was Sorlier who kept urging Chagall to produce color lithographs. He would be friends and closely work with Chagall until Chagall's death." (Wuyt Art)
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Marcello Dudovich (Italian 1878-1962)
Dudovich is considered one of the greatest of Italian poster artists. Influenced by Penfield, Hohenstein (his friend and teacher) and Mucha. He developed his own style, very graphic, with rich colours. He become the official poster artist for Mele, the great fashion department store. He had a long and prolific career.
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Marcello Nizzoli (Italian)
"Born in Boretto in 1887, the Italian designer Marcello Nizzoli attended the Scuola die Belle Arti in Parma from 1910 to 1913. As a painter, Marcello Nizzoli was committed to Futurism.
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In 1918 Marcello Nizzoli opened a studio in Milan and designed silk scarves featuring patterns in the Art déco style, which he showed at the Monza Biennale in 1923 and in Paris in 1925. In addition, Marcello Nizzoli designed posters for Campari, Maga, and OM as a graphic designer in the 1920s.
Marcello Nizzoli also worked for Olivetti as a graphic designer from the 1930s. Olivetti established an advertizing division in 1932 and strove to create a uniform corporate image accompanied by a characteristically functional approach to product design. With their products and consistent advertising by means of striking posters and other customized advertising materials, Olivetti was soon successful worldwide.
In 1936 Marcello Nizzoli became head product-design consultant for Olivetti. Marcellos Nizzoli's designs for a great many Olivetti typewriters and calculating machines are especially important. Typical of Marcello Nizzoli's product design is an organic, sculptural form combined with functional machine construction optimized for industrial mass production.
Marcello Nizzoli also worked for Olivetti as an architect, designing living quarters for employees from 1948 and, in the 1960s, office buildings. For Necchi, another Italian firm, Marcello Nizzoli designed handsome-looking, functional sewing machines.
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Marguerite Delorme (French 1876-1946)
Marguerite-Anne-Rose Delorme was a French painter known for her Orientalist and genre paintings.
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Matisse
The art of the 20th century has been dominated by two men, Matisse and Picasso. Henri Matisse is regarded as the "Master of Colour".
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Maurice Brianchon (French 1899-1979)
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Maurice Brianchon is known as one of the Painters of Poetic Reality. He attended É’cole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and moved to Spain shortly after to study the paintings of Spanish Masters. His early work is characterized by dynamic images of the theatre, street scenes, and horse races – showing his love for life and youth. Brianchon was strongly influenced by artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. By the time he came of age in the early 1920s the art scene had changed. Brianchon stylistically stayed attached to art that could be called neo-classical. His later work is more relaxed and contemplative, mostly painting still-life and landscapes. Later on, Brianchon returned to Paris to teach at É’cole des Arts Décoratifs, where his teachings had a profound impact and influence on the next generation of artists. (mourloteditions.com) -
Maurice Denis (French 1870-1943)
Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943) Major French painter, poster artist and designer, influential with Gauguin in Symbolist and Nabi movements.
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Maurice Greiffenhagen (English 1862-1931)
Poster artist, his most famous poster Pall Mall Budget was epoch making.
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Maxfield Parrish (American 1870-1966)
One of the most popular artists of the early 20th century in America. A pupil of Howard Pyle.
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Maximilien Luce (French 1858-1941)
Poster artist, influenced by Pissarro, co-founder of Neo-Impressionism with Signac.
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Miro
Miro was a Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. His mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. He worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces.
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One Cent Life Portfolio
The 1964 One Cent Life Portfolio, by Walasse Ting, edited by Sam Francis, and published by E.W. Kornfeld.
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The complete portfolio includes 62 limited edition original color lithographs (2000 printed) by Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Robert Indiana,
Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann and other American and European POP artists.
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Orazi & Gorguet (French)
Auguste Gorguet (French, 1862-1927) Poster artist and genre painter & Manuel Orazi (French, 1860-1934). Important poster artists who specialized in exotic themes.
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Original Mourlot Exhibition Posters 1950-1970
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Special Provenance: These original exhibition posters were part of a complete set of 1950's and 60's Mourlot exhibition posters in covers purchased directly from the Mourlot family by Chris Yaneff (gallery founder) while travelling in France during the early 1970's.
Ateliers Mourlot. In 1852, Francois Mourlot opened Ateliers Mourlot in Paris as a commercial print shop that primarily produced wallpaper. When Francois’s grandson Fernand Mourlot took over the shop in the 1920s, however, he converted it into a studio dedicated to the printing of illustrated books and lithographic posters. Though lithography had more or less gone out of style during the 19th century, Fernand brought it back with a single-mindedness that would change printmaking forever. Over the next four decades, Fernand brought in the greatest Modernists of his day to produce color lithographs. French painters Maurice de Vlaminck and Maurice Utrillo were among the first to work with Mourlot, though it was not long before the atelier began to reach an even broader crowd including Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse, and Fernand Léger. Lithographs were conceived as announcements for exhibitions, ads for tourism or even illustrations for political events that were posted throughout the streets of Europe, and in windows of shops and cafés. (Artnet.com) -
Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973)
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Picasso is possibly the most recognized name in Modern Art. He is considered the most prolific and inventive artist of the 20th century. He became a successful poster artist producing posters of great originality, some of them true masterpieces. His posters are mainly aimed at exhibitions and political themes. They are characterized by frugal colouring and the simple, schematic style of drawing. Their conception was imaginative, full of good humour, and with personal marks of his own. In recent years, the collection of Picasso posters has been accentuated in view of the recognition of the artistic quality and originality in design with which he imbued his works. Various Museums in America and Europe, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, have been forming valuable collections of his posters. His creativity characterized him, making him one of the great geniuses of our time. Not unlike Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso's turbulent personal life creates an intriguing backdrop to his immense body of work. -
Pal (Jean de Paleologue) (Romanian 1860-1942)
Famous poster artist who created joyful images throughout his career.
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Paul Berthon (French 1872-1909)
A truly gifted illustrator and poster artist, a pupil of Grasset, who created some of the most endearing images of women.
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Paul Fischer (Danish -1860)
A painter, poster artist and sculpture that specialized in portraits and street scenes.
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Peter Max (German-American 1937- )
Max’s imagery became wallpaper for the turn on, tune in, drop out generation. One of the most famous of all living artist's, Peter Max is also a pop culture icon. His bold colors, uplifting images and an uncommon artistic diversity have touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired many generations.
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"Max’s colorful, psychedelic graphics and flower-child characters famously captured 1960s counterculture. “I got interested in yoga and mysticism and it influenced my drawings,” Max said. “My characters, like young hippies, began flying and levitating across Himalayan mountains (from my childhood impressions) and star-studded galaxies (from my fascination with space exploration). I began making posters of the drawings and blended the colors on a two-color printing press. And that’s how my Cosmic '60s style developed." (tennessean.com)
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Picasso
View NowPicasso is possibly the most recognized name in Modern Art. He is considered the most prolific and inventive artist of the 20th century. He became a successful poster artist producing posters of great originality, some of them true masterpieces. His posters are mainly aimed at exhibitions and political themes. They are characterized by frugal colouring and the simple, schematic style of drawing. Their conception was imaginative, full of good humour, and with personal marks of his own. In recent years, the collection of Picasso posters has been accentuated in view of the recognition of the artistic quality and originality in design with which he imbued his works. Various Museums in America and Europe, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, have been forming valuable collections of his posters. His creativity characterized him, making him one of the great geniuses of our time. Not unlike Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso's turbulent personal life creates an intriguing backdrop to his immense body of work. -
Picasso and friends
...Matisse, Chagall, Miro, Dufy, and Leger. In the 1950s the renowned French printer Mourlot Freres printed most of the original Exhibition posters for the important artists of the day.
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Pierre Bonnard (French 1867-1947)
A major painter, poster artist and graphic artist, influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec. He was part of the "Nabis movement."
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Plinio Nomellini (Italian 1866-1943)
Nomellini was an important Italian painter who created very few posters.
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Privat Livemont (Belgian 1861-1936)
Certainly one of the most memorable Art Nouveau poster artists of the period.
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Puvis De Chavannes (French 1824-1898)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes an eminent easel painter and muralist inspired by Greco-Roman traditions.
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Raoul Dufy (French 1877 -1953)
The Brilliant Fauvist painter, draftsman, and printmaker Raoul Dufy inspired a wide range of fine and decorative artists with his playful style and appealing subject matter. Dufy drew inspiration from Impressionists Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet and closely studied the works of Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse.
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Rassenfosse (Belgian 1862-1934)
Exceptional poster artist, part of the famous Belgian "Liege Trio" (Berchmans, Donnay, and Rassenfosse)
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Realier-Dumas (French 1860-1928)
"Maurice Realier-Dumas was a native Parisian… In his poster work, which is rather infrequent and rare, he adopted a technique, of simple lines, flat colours, and economy of design. Maindron said of him that he seems to derive his inspiration from Greek vases; and indeed, Champagne Mumm manifests a certain classic austerity that could well be described" (Wine Spectator, 38)
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Rene Gruau (Italian 1909-2004)
"René Gruau was born in Italy in 1909 of an aristocratic Italian father and a French mother, Marie Gruau, whose name he later took. He settled in Paris in 1924 and embarked on his career as a fashion illustrator.In the 1940‘s and 50‘s Gruau became a favorite of the haute couture world, working with Femina, Marie-Claire, L’Officiel, L’Album Du Figaro and other “high-style” magazines. Some of Gruau’s best work can be seen in the dramatic visual statements he rendered for Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Hubert de Givenchy. In 1948 Rene Gruau left for the United States to work for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, before becoming the exclusive artist for FLAIR.
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Rene Pean (French 1875-1940)
Renowned poster artist, influenced by Jules Cheret, whom he worked with at the Chaix printing shop.
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Roger Bissiere (French, 1888–1964)
A French painter associated with the École de Paris. Having befriended André Lhote and George Braque in Paris, Bissière was encouraged to develop a more humanized version of Cubism. As such, he enriched orthodox Cubism by applying the Fauve technique of heavy brushwork to its usual pictorial vocabulary. Simultaneously, Bissière was engaged by Pablo Picasso's research into advancing Cubism, which brought him to Neo-Classicism. Bissière’s unremitting investigations into the survival of Cubism ultimately pushed him to abstraction. (artnet.com)
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Sem (Georges Goursat) (French 1863-1934)
"Around 1890 Georges Goursat began to use the moniker “Sem” when signing his work. He was invited to Paris in March 1900 by Jean Lorrain, mainly to work in the studio of Cheret. In Paris, Sem lived on the Rue de Vaugirard and he found his artistic inspiration in visiting the racetracks of Paris, where he watched the members of the Jockey Club at play. Here he put together the album The Turf, which was immediately considered a great success.
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Sir William Nicholson (English 1872-1942)
The Beggarstaffs were Sir William Nicholson & James Pryde (Scottish, 1866-1941) Under the pseudonym, they virtually created the modern poster, with clear outlines and large areas of flat colour. Perhaps the most influential graphic designers of all time.
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T.A. Steinlen (Swiss 1859-1923)
Several of Steinlen's posters have become the most famous poster images ever created. He became extremely well known during his life with his contributions to Parisian humour magazines including Le Rire and "Gil Blas."
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The Ricordi Portfolio
A rare collection of 70 small format original posters printed in Italy in 1914. From Cappiello to Metlicovitz.
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Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann was an American Pop artist best known for his collages, sculptures, and screenprints that stylized the female figure. Often isolating segments of the body—red lips with a cigarette, a single nipple, or a stylish shoe—his artworks aim was to seize a viewer’s attention. 'The prime mission of my art, in the beginning, and continuing still, is to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art,' he once said of his work.
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Voytech Hynaïs (Czech/Austrian)
Historical painter and poster artist, studied in Vienna and Paris.
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Walter Schnackenberg (German 1880-1961)
Walter Schnackenberg was one of Germany’s most famous poster designers between the world wars. Together with Ludwig Hohlwein, Hans Rudi Erdt, Josef Fenneker and Lucian Bernhard he ranks among the top. His output was very limited but of a constant high quality, which earned him the name Germany’s Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Will Bradley (American 1868-1962)
"The Dean of American design." A prolific poster artist and designer influenced by Beardsley. Later became a stage and movie designer.
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Wm. Carqueville (American 1871-1946)
He was chiefly known for his wonderful posters for Lippincott's magazine.
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Yaacov Agam (Israeli 1928-)
Yaacov Agam is one of Israel’s most famous artists and internationally praised as one of the greatest artists of the modern age. Often referred to as the Father of Kinetic Art, Agam has invented unique creations that intentionally transcend time and space.
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