Maîtres de l'Affiche

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Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create a very significant art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller 11 x 15 inch format, was put together by Jules Chéret, the father of poster art.

The varied selection of prints were sold in a package of four and delivered monthly to subscribers. On sixteen occasions during the selling period between December of 1895 through November of 1900, the monthly package included a bonus of a specially created lithograph. Enormously successful, today the Maîtres de l'Affiche works are as rare as the original large format images and much in demand by collectors from around the world.

[edit] Gallery (by alphabet)

Jules Chéret: Fête des Fleurs in Bagnères-de-Luchon	Jules Chéret: Saxoléine Petroleum, 1892	Alice Russell Glenny (American, 1858-1924): Women's Edition Buffalo Courier	Exposition Eugène Grasset au Salon des Cent
Dudley Hardy "To-Day" magazine, edited by Jerome K. Jerome	Lucien Lefèvre (born 1850 -?) Electricine (1897)	Julius Mendes Price, Julius Price (British, 1857-1924) Artist's Model	Etienne Moreau-Nélaton (1859-1927): Exposition des "Arts de la Femme".
T. Privat-Livemont: Absinth Robette	T. Privat-Livemont: Casino de Cabourg	T. Privat-Livemont: Cercle Artistique de Schaerbeek	Lucien Marie François Métivet, (1863-1932), Eugénie Buffet (in concert)
Edward Penfield - Harper's Magazine May 1897	Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Grande Brasserie Van Velsen frères Bornhem	Fritz Rehm (German, 1871-1928) Cigaretten Laferme Dresden	Louis Rhead: Morning Journal
Louis Rhead: Read The Sun (NYC)	Joseph Sattler. Werbeplakat für die Zeitschrift Pan	Théophile Alexandre Steinlen: Motocycles Comiot	Théophile Alexandre Steinlen: Mothu et Doria
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen: Lait pur stérilisé de la Vingeanne	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Divan japonais, 1892	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Jane Avril	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: la revue blanche 1895
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Confetti	Rudolf Witzel: Deutsche-Kunst und Dekoration 1898