Bières de la Meuse
1897 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
- Year
- 1897
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 154.5 × 104.5 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A young woman with a tumble of red-brown hair, crowned with poppies, barley and hops, raises a glass of beer, a view of the brewery and the river Meuse in the circle behind her. Mucha designed the poster in 1897 for the Bières de la Meuse brewery at Sedan in the Ardennes, and it became one of the most popular of all his commercial designs; the harvest crown and the Byzantine ornament of the circle are pure Mucha. Printed by F. Champenois, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Warm reds, golds and hops around a glass of beer, for a kitchen, bar area or dining room at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or terracotta wall and pairs with La Trappistine.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1897)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, her, 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. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
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.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
