Amieux Freres Poster

France, c. 1897

39 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

250-500 advertisement antique elderly france french man original paris sardines size-39x55 toc turn of the century vintage vintage poster