Théâtre de l'Opéra: Carnaval 1894
1893 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Jules Chéret (1836–1932)
- Year
- 1893
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 125 × 88.5 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
Masked revellers in pink, yellow and blue tumble through the air under the lettering "Théâtre de l'Opéra, Carnaval 1894", a harlequin and a pierrot among them. Jules Chéret designed the poster at the end of 1893 for the masked balls of the carnival season at the Paris Opéra, for which he produced a new design almost every winter through the 1890s. The pastel colours and the weightless figures are printed in his overlapping spatter by Chaix, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Pink, yellow and blue revellers, light and airy, for a hallway, bedroom or dining room at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or blush wall and pairs with Olympia: Anciennes Montagnes Russes.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, hallway or entryway, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge to edge, filling the whole sheet (very slightly cropped to fit) — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
