Chemins de fer P.L.M.: Auvergne
1892 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Jules Chéret (1836–1932)
- Year
- 1892
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 125 × 79 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A young woman with an orange parasol rides a donkey through green hills with two children, beside a view of the spa buildings at Vichy and a timetable of trains. Jules Chéret designed the poster in 1892 for the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway, advertising the Auvergne and its spa towns of Vichy and Royat. Printed by Chaix; 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
Green, gold and orange, for a hallway, kitchen or holiday-house wall at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or sage wall and pairs with d'Alési's Paris à Venise.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1892)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, 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.
