Folies-Bergère: La Loïe Fuller
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
- 124 × 88 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
The American dancer Loïe Fuller whirls in her serpentine dance, her enormous silk veils lit from below in orange, violet and yellow, her name lettered in red across the foot of the sheet. Jules Chéret designed the poster in 1893 for her first season at the Folies-Bergère, where she danced under coloured electric light on a glass floor and became the sensation of Paris; Chéret made four colour variants of the same design, and this is one of them. The dissolving figure, printed in his trademark spatter of overlapping colour, caught what every painter of the period tried to catch in her. Printed 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
Orange, violet and yellow veils on a dark ground, for a living room, hallway or dance studio at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It lifts a white or charcoal wall and pairs with La Danse du Feu.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, dining 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.
