Les Fêtes de Paris
1885 · Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Eugène Grasset (1845–1917)
- Year
- 1885
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster)
- Original size
- 39 × 29 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, reduced plate)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
- Series
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
A herald on a white horse, in a red-and-white turban, blows a long golden trumpet beside a lettered panel announcing a gala at the Opéra on 26 January 1886, with a 'history of the theatre' in costume. Eugène Grasset designed the poster for the Fêtes de Paris, a festival of industry and commerce held with the press and artists. Its dense medieval ornament is typical of Grasset, who taught a generation of Art Nouveau designers. This is plate 50 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, printed by Chaix.
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
Red, gold and olive, for a study, hallway or dining room at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or oxblood wall and pairs with Grasset's Librairie Romantique.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1885)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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.
