Louise
1900 · Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster) · The New York Public Library
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About this work
- Artist
- Georges Rochegrosse (1859–1938)
- Year
- 1900
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster)
- Original size
- 39 × 29 cm
- Collection
- The New York Public Library (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, reduced plate)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
- Series
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
A young couple embrace on the heights of Montmartre at dusk, the lights of Paris spread out below them, with the title Louise written in a swirl of Art Nouveau line. Georges Rochegrosse designed the poster for Gustave Charpentier's opera Louise, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in February 1900. This is plate 230 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, printed by Chaix in 1900.
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
Violet, grey and cream, for a bedroom, music room or quiet hallway at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or lilac wall and pairs with Steinlen's Hellé.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1900)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining 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
Shipping & returns
Is this the whole painting, or a crop?
Is Louise in the public domain?
What is it printed on?
When was Louise painted, and in what medium?
What size works above a sofa or bed?
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.





















