Chemin de Fer de l'Est: Paris à Venise
1898 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Hugo d'Alési (1849–1906)
- Year
- 1898
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 107 × 75 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
Two young women in white step from a black gondola to hang flowers on a lamp post in the lagoon, with the domes, campanile and sails of Venice behind them. Hugo d'Alési painted the poster for the Chemin de Fer de l'Est, advertising the route from Paris to Venice by Belfort, Basel, Lucerne and the St Gotthard; this impression is the 1898 printing. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Turquoise, rose and ivory, for a hallway, bedroom or travel-themed study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or soft blue wall and pairs with Chéret's Auvergne.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1898)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.


















