Amieux Freres Poster
France, c. 189739 x 55 in (99 x 140 cm)
ID #LB39x55-Z-125
Encore une qu'a la d'vise toujours a mieux
Translation: Another one who's always aiming better
It was in the 1890s that the poster started being more widely recognized as form of artistic expression. The poster became an integral part of the cityscape during the Belle Epoque, turn of the century period in Europe—its colorful, larger than life images both indispensable to advertising and a venerated art form in itself.
Artist: Henri-Gustav Jossot
Printer: Camis, Paris
Year: c. 1897 very rare
Condition: Poor, please note poster is missing along the bottom it would have been Sardines :Petits Pois :Champignons
Linen-backed on canvas